CLAIM: A video compilation shows public officials “dropping suddenly” because of COVID-19 vaccines.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Multiple people featured in the video were filmed collapsing at events years before the COVID-19 vaccine. Anti-vaccine activists are using the phrase “died suddenly” to falsely attribute deaths or incidents of people fainting to the COVID-19 vaccine.
THE FACTS: In recent months, social media users have been sharing clips of people collapsing, with claims suggesting the people have “died suddenly,” a phrase used to falsely attribute recent deaths to COVID-19 vaccines. A new compilation circulating in recent days continues the trend and the same false implication.
In the video, a speaker shares multiple clips of public officials collapsing in public and says, “Now, what is the reason many people are just dropping suddenly. What do you guys think it could possibly be?” While he does not explicitly mention the vaccine, he goes on to claim that there has been a sudden increase in heart conditions and young people collapsing in sports. The Associated Press has debunked similar false claims that athletes are experiencing an uptick in cardiac arrest since the COVID-19 vaccinations began.
“Why are people ‘dropping’ suddenly?” states a Facebook post sharing the video, which received more than 2 million views. “The jab of course,” reads one comment under the video.
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