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2023-04-01 20:37:35 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

While heart attack rates have risen slightly in some groups of athletes, the increase is much smaller than McCullough claims and began prior to the deployment of covid and/or mRNA vaccines. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/01/damar-hamlin-cardiac-arrest-covid-anti-vaccine-heart-theories/672644/ McCullough has a documented history of spreading misinformation about vaccines. https://healthfeedback.org/authors/peter-mccullough/

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• While heart attack rates have risen slightly in some groups of athletes, the increase is much smaller than McCullough claims and began prior to the deployment of covid and/or mRNA vaccines. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/01/damar-hamlin-cardiac-arrest-covid-anti-vaccine-heart-theories/672644/ McCullough has a documented history of spreading misinformation about vaccines. https://healthfeedback.org/authors/peter-mccullough/