OPINION | While most saw Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin's on-field collapse as a tragedy, anti-vaxxers saw it as an opportunity.
that COVID vaccines should be considered “a likely contributory factor in all unexpected cardiac arrests… until proven otherwise.”
Scientific analysis requires a baseline of skepticism, where the burden of proof falls on those making a causal claim. That doesn’t mean one should assume a theory is definitely false, just that it shouldn’t be considered likely until tested and supported by evidence. Conspiracy theorists typically go further, not just insisting an unsupported theory is true, but continuing to insist it’s true in the face of evidence that it’s not. COVID vaccine conspiracy theories are an especially egregious example.have been administered worldwide. About 80 percent of the population in both the United States and United Kingdom have had at least one COVID shot.
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