The conspiracy theory that athletes are collapsing or dying after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine resurfaced this week after two prominent voices advanced the idea.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson spread the falsehood in an appearance on the conservative podcast "The Charlie Kirk Show.”
"We’ve heard story after story. I mean, all these athletes dropping dead on the field, but we’re supposed to ignore that,” Johnson said.
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