In a clip of the Dec. 16 game between the Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs that is circulating online, Chargers tight end Donald Parham Jr. cuts into the endzone before he jumps and attempts to catch a pass. He lands hard and rolls onto his back, knocking the back of his head on the turf and injuring himself in the process.
As he is wheeled off the field in a stretcher, his arms seem to be frozen in a protective position in front of him, and he is shaking.
Speculation, including from an announcer, accompanied the injury and these symptoms. Some claimed that the injury was actually to Parham’s heart – and that it was caused by a recent COVID-19 vaccine booster shot.
“NFL player Donald Parham’s heart explodes mid-air while catching sports ball,” reads identical captions of the clip in Twitter and Facebook posts. “NFL player Donald Parham had recently taken his booster shot for Covid-19. This is one of the many cases where pro athletes have heart problems after taking the Covid boosters.”
Users of video sharing platform BitChute also shared numerous posts making similar claims between Dec. 17 and Dec. 21, as Reuters reported. One such clip on BitChute was viewed over 24,000 times.
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