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2023-07-04 18:55:37 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

There is no evidence in 2.5 years there have been 1,310 dead athletes due to cardiac arrest. Goodsciencing is an anti-vaccine blog that includes elderly individuals who died of natural causes in the report. Some deaths, for example, were reportedly from cancer. https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-covid-vaccines-athlete-deaths-1500-989195878254 https://www.factcheck.org/2021/12/scicheck-article-makes-unfounded-claims-linking-athletes-injuries-deaths-to-vaccines/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/01/14/no-evidence-of-more-athletes-having-died-suddenly-despite-covid-19-vaccine-claims/?sh=359154cd75c2

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• There is no evidence in 2.5 years there have been 1,310 dead athletes due to cardiac arrest. Goodsciencing is an anti-vaccine blog that includes elderly individuals who died of natural causes in the report. Some deaths, for example, were reportedly from cancer. https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-covid-vaccines-athlete-deaths-1500-989195878254 https://www.factcheck.org/2021/12/scicheck-article-makes-unfounded-claims-linking-athletes-injuries-deaths-to-vaccines/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/01/14/no-evidence-of-more-athletes-having-died-suddenly-despite-covid-19-vaccine-claims/?sh=359154cd75c2