Amid the summer surge of COVID-19 cases, some social media posts are falsely claiming that a new syndrome is linked to the COVID-19 vaccine and that the unvaccinated do not die.
A Facebook post shared June 15 shows an elephant with text overlaying it that says "the unvaccinated aren't dying."
"All of a sudden there's 'SADS' Sudden Adult Death Syndrome and the medical community is somehow baffled by this. Hmm...," reads the post.
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The post generated more than 250 interactions and 150 shares in less than a week. A June 8 Gateway Pundit article shared to Facebook also details healthy young people dying of "sudden adult death syndrome," citing deaths in Australia. Similar posts have amassed hundreds of interactions on Facebook and Twitter.
But the claim is false.
The acronym SADS refers to sudden arrhythmic (not adult) death syndrome, which occurs when an adolescent or adult dies suddenly from a cardiac arrest due to electrical abnormalities in the heart. Experts told USA TODAY this syndrome is not new has no link to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Numerous reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the unvaccinated are dying from COVID-19 – and at a much higher rate than those who are vaccinated.
USA TODAY reached out to the social media users who shared the claim for...
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