Mediaite reports:
Immediately after the news of college basketball player Bronny James suffering cardiac arrest, conspiracy theorists were quick to blame the Covid-19 vaccine. TMZ reported Tuesday that Bronny — the oldest son of NBA superstar LeBron James — was hospitalized Monday morning after going into cardiac arrest at a basketball workout. He’s since been moved out of the ICU and is in stable condition.
As is the case whenever a young athlete deals with some kind of heart issue, some on the Internet have begun pointing to the vaccine as the culprit. “Hi. I’m not a doctor. I’m just a simple man of 37 years who pays attention to trends we can see with our own eyes,” far-right commentator Benny Johnson said. “I’m here to tell you that it is NOT NORMAL for thousands of healthy teenage athletes to be collapsing – some dying – from cardiac arrest. Now ask: Why?”
Read the full article. As you can see below, Musk has been dunked on by his own Community Notes feature.
Lebron James’ 18 y/o son has suffered a heart attack during basketball practice
He is in stable condition and we all hope he pulls through
Unfortunately we likely know what happened here
When will people be held accountable for these crimes?https://t.co/FrliP16slg
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) July 25, 2023
There’s never someone else’s terrible tragedy — a murder in SF, a group of kids trapped, an older man getting hit with a hammer by a lunatic — that this bottomless pit of attention addiction does not find a heinous way to insert himself in, frequently wrong but never in doubt. pic.twitter.com/6MnWwtb7L1
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) July 25, 2023
Hi.
I’m not a doctor.
I’m just a simple man of 37 years who pays attention to trends we can see with our own eyes.
I’m here to tell you that it is NOT NORMAL for thousands of healthy teenage athletes to be collapsing – some dying – from cardiac arrest.
Now ask: Why?
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 25, 2023