Claim: Many U.S. athletes have been vaccinated against COVID-19 without any adverse effects. But a conservative outlet has cited a list of supposedly vaccine-injured athletes to claim "there may be something wrong with the vaccine." There's no proof that the listed athletes — most of them are actually retired — were harmed by the vaccines.
Fact-check: Article Makes Unfounded Claims Linking Athletes' Injuries, Deaths to Vaccines - FactCheck.org
Verdict: many u.s. athletes have been vaccinated against covid-19 without any adverse effects. but a conservative outlet has cited a list of supposedly vaccine-injured athletes to claim "there may be something wrong with the vaccine." there's no proof that the listed athletes — most of them are actually retired — were harmed by the vaccines.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Saranac Hale Spencer;Brea Jones;Eugene Kiely;Tess Hancock
Date published: 2021-12-17T19:48:08