Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (Wisconsin) claimed that athletes are dropping dead from the COVID vaccine on the Charlie Kirk Show last week.
He said there have been 22,000 deaths associated with the vaccine. Yahoo reported that the number comes from a government database that anyone can record information with.
Johnson acknowledged that an association does not prove causation, but said that it should still raise concern.
The claim has been refuted and fact-checked.
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