The claim: Hank Aaron died weeks after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine
Hall of Famer Henry Hank Aaron died at his home in Atlanta on Jan. 22. The legacy of the former Braves baseball player, whose start with the Negro Leagues led to him eclipsing Babe Ruth s home run record, is celebrated online and on social media but also entangled with discussion of the COVID-19 vaccine.
An article published Jan. 22 by The Defender, an outlet of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. s Children s Health Defense, intimates a connection between Aaron s death and the vaccine he received Jan. 5, alongside other civil and human rights leaders at the Morehouse Healthcare Clinic, part of the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Fact check: Not likely that COVID-19 vaccine was cause of Hank Aaron s death Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY
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The claim: Hank Aaron died weeks after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine
Hall of Famer Henry Hank Aaron died at his home in Atlanta on Jan. 22. The legacy of the former Braves baseball player, whose start with the Negro Leagues led to him eclipsing Babe Ruth s home run record, is celebrated online and on social media but also entangled with discussion of the COVID-19 vaccine.
An article published Jan. 22 by The Defender, an outlet of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. s Children s Health Defense, intimates a connection between Aaron s death and the vaccine he received Jan. 5, alongside other civil and human rights leaders at the Morehouse Healthcare Clinic, part of the Morehouse School of Medicine.