Nothing to see here.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/rugby-player-27-dies-playing-31194963.amp
T.B. Yoits wrote: “...and yet another athlete, 27 years old, dies of cardiac arrest during a match. It has happened all the time for decades.”
Yes, athletes died while I was in high school, back in the sixties.
The claim:
A Twitter influencer claims that COVID vaccines are particularly dangerous for athletes and people who are in peak physical condition.
The facts:
Anti-vaxxers seem to think that unexpected cardiac deaths in athletes are caused only by the COVID vaccine. Their assumptions are wrong.
Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of exercise-related death. That’s why the claims about the vaccine required finding 16 cases from 6 different countries worldwide to make the leap from “no known cause” to vaccines were the cause.
There’s a lot unknown about these 16 cases. We don’t know their vaccination status or if they’ve ever had COVID something, which is known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Without more information, these anecdotes do not overrule the scientific evidence concerning the safety of COVID vaccines.
https://mailchi.mp/voicesforvaccines/just-the-facts-1046202?e=bdf3721c5d