A Jan. 17 Instagram post (direct link, archived link) shows a screenshot of a tweet that portrays two pilots in a cockpit.
"The FAA just telegraphed the fact that a substantial number of airline pilots have had serious heart damage from the COVID vaccine by widening the ECG parameters for pilots," reads the tweet.
The tweet includes a link to a Substack article from Steve Kirsch, a tech millionaire who has previously spread misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines and makes the same claim about the FAA and the vaccine.
The post generated nearly 2,000 likes in less than a week.
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