Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, has helped spread the false assumption that the COVID vaccines are to blame for an increase in the number of cardiac ailments, particularly among young athletes.
On Monday, Bronny James, the son of basketball great LeBron James, experienced a heart arrest while practicing. His father is LeBron James.
Mr. Musk wrote in a tweet about the occurrence that "we cannot ascribe everything to the Covid vaccine, but by the same token we cannot ascribe nothing." He went on to say that "we cannot ascribe nothing" either.
However, there is no evidence to support the possibility that immunizations played a role in this disease.
The family of Mr. James expressed their gratitude to the medical professionals who assisted him and begged that they be given privacy.
"Community notes" are something that users of Twitter, which is currently in the process of rebranding itself as X, are able to produce. These notes provide additional information to any tweet that may be interpreted as being misleading.
Initially, a community remark that provided context for Mr. Musk's statements appeared beneath his tweet; however, it was removed overnight.
It is unclear whether the note was removed because it was "downvoted" by other Twitter users or because Twitter itself removed it.
Our request for Twitter's commentary has not yet been met with a response.
Mr. Musk responded to a post on Mr. James' hospitalization by tweeting that "myocarditis is a known side effect." This was in response to the information provided in the post.
We do not have any evidence to suggest that myocarditis or the vaccine played a role in Mr. James's cardiac arrest. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle.
Covid vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna have been connected to a small number of occurrences of myocarditis; nevertheless, the most important thing to note is that studies reveal that this does not result in an increased risk of suffering a cardiac arrest.
Infections with Covids, as opposed to vaccinations, are associated with a higher incidence and severity of myocarditis.
However, there is evidence to suggest that athletes have a higher incidence of cardiac arrests than the overall population does.
Young athletes have a higher risk of experiencing a cardiac arrest than people their age who do not participate in athletics.
There is additional evidence that, within the pool of athletes competing in the United States, African American players have the highest risk.
Mr. Musk has been quoted as saying, "We cannot ascribe everything to the Covid vaccine, but by the same token, we cannot ascribe nothing."
However, it is not accurate to say that nobody is attributing anything to the Covid vaccinations.
It is true that several Covid vaccinations have been related to adverse health effects, including myocarditis; nevertheless, this conclusion can only be drawn after thorough medical investigation.
Bronny James, son of LeBron James, is doing well after suffering a heart arrest.
On Twitter, a number of users have voiced their opinion that it is harmful to seemingly speculate that the condition of someone's health could have been caused by the Covid vaccinations in the absence of any evidence.
It has been assumed that Mr. Musk's tweet is part of a larger trend that links allegations of disease and death to Covid vaccinations without providing any evidence to support the claim before there are any facts available to support it.
BBC Verify has been looking at this trend in order to determine who is responsible for distributing it.
Those who were targeted by it have expressed to the BBC the added anguish that being subjected to trolling in the form of conspiracy theories brings.
Experts are concerned that the widespread dissemination of false linkages between illnesses and Covid vaccinations sows seeds of doubt in the information that is available about public health.
A professor who specializes in the study of heart disease named Glen Pyle stated that abrupt cardiac occurrences in athletes were not new and that they had not increased following the distribution of the Covid vaccination.
He stated that it was "irresponsible for anyone, but high profile people in particular" to speculate on this matter.
He went on to say that making the connection between Covid vaccines and cardiac arrest could "instill fear of a non-existent problem," which could discourage vaccination and thereby raise the risk of heart problems, which are "well-known to be linked to Covid."
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