Covid misinformation spikes in wake of Damar Hamlin's on-field collapse

[Joe Cool]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/03/covid-misinfo-damar-hamlin-collapse/


The baseless tweets began to circulate within minutes of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s stunning collapse on the field during “Monday Night Football.”

Anti-vaxxers and right-wing provocateurs sought to link the injury that left Hamlin in critical condition and the coronavirus vaccine, without any evidence. Their claims built on years of coronavirus vaccine misinformation that has been seeded across social media.