'Not from the shots, right?' Basketball player collapses

A college basketball player collapsed suddenly on the court Saturday, sparking fears among his teammates and fans watching the event.

Imo Essien, a sophomore guard at Old Dominion University dropped to the floor while clutching his chest with just over 13 minutes remaining in the first half in a match between ODU and Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia.

WAVY-TV reported: "After a few tense moments, Essien, who did not appear to lose consciousness, was helped to his feet and walked off the court with the help of the trainers."

A statement from the team indicates: "He was responsive throughout and was able to sit with team for the duration of the game and travel back with the team.

"He is in good spirits and will work with the ODU Sports Medicine staff when they return to Norfolk."

The Virginian-Pilot newspaper gave scant coverage to the incident, reporting the athlete merely "fell down without contact."

"The Monarchs' Imo Essien fell down without contact during the first half. He walked off the court under his own power and went to the locker room.," the paper stated…

It had to be because of the shot, because things like this never used to happen before the Vaxx - except that’s not exctly true. It’s amazing how easy it is to find examples of athletes collapsing pre-vaxx. Just a quick search of “player collapses 2017” pulled up these cases from 2017 - all pre-vax.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/os-ne-stetson-football-player-death-ruling-overturned-20221230-iz6vllvkjzcftoky3i2dihfffq-story.html

https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2017/12/02/south-carolina-state-player-collapses-during-game-at-nc-state/

https://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/rachel-daly-soccer-player-collapses/2017/05/30/id/793045/

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/north-phoenix/north-phoenix-high-school-football-player-collapses-on-field-dies

https://talksport.com/football/687975/abdelhak-nouri-ajax-coma-collapsing/

It took me all of 5 minutes to find these, and if you do a similar search for 2018 and 2019 you get similar results. I’m not saying the vaxx hasn’t caused deaths, by this knee jerk blaming of every unexpected death on or collapse on the vaxx is foolish. It’s the kind of thing the Left does when they seize on every heat wave as “proof” that we’re experiencing global warming, while they ignore unseasonal cold spells because they don’t help their argument.

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