PolitiFact | Athletes are not dropping dead on the field after getting vaccines, according to sports doctors.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. R-Wis., is once again making waves with his false claims about COVID-19.
This time, Johnson, who recently announced his reelection campaign, took to the Charlie Kirk Show on Jan. 26 to talk about COVID-19 vaccines.
“We’ve heard story after story. All these athletes dropping dead on the field,” he said during a conversation on the radio show about adverse effects of the vaccine. “But we’re supposed to ignore that. Nothing happening here, nothing to see. This is a travesty, this is a scandal.”
That was a real jaw-dropper for us. All sorts of athletes dropping dead on the field because of the vaccine?
Is Johnson right?
No.
Let’s take a closer look.
When asked for backup for the claim, Johnson spokesperson Vanessa Ambrosini told us the senator has been alarmed by stories he has heard of athletes dying on the field.
“The Senator’s point in raising these issues,” she said via email, “has always been that our federal health agencies should be concerned about reports on adverse reactions related to COVID-19 vaccines and they should fully investigate and make their findings available to the American people.”
Fair enough. But the claim was that there are stories about all sorts of athletes dying in the midst of competition, or at least while practicing.
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