“Social media users suggest there is a direct link between baseball legend Hank Aaron getting the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and then dying more than two weeks later.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 22 Jan 2021.
FactCheck.org rated thisNo Evidence
What FactCheck.org found
Hank Aaron died from natural causes, according to the medical examiner’s office in Fulton County, Georgia. There’s no evidence that his death was a result of being vaccinated against COVID-19 in early January.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 January 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 January 2021, 6 days later. Its rating was “No Evidence”.
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