Hank Aaron broke one of baseball’s all-time achievements: the home-run record of Babe Ruth. The Hall of Famer also holds the record for runs batted in and total bases.
After retiring, Hank was an avid civil rights advocate. But now, after dying in his sleep last Friday at age 86, just two weeks after a public relations photo showing him getting the COVID-19 vaccine, Mr. Aaron is in the headlines for a very different reason.
As Saturday’s headline in Newsweek read,
Health Professionals Hope Hank Aaron’s Death Won’t Deter People from Getting Vaccinated
Mr. Aaron was injected with the first dose of the vaccine developed by Moderna on 5 January along with civil rights activist Andrew Young and others to promote the safety of the vaccine and to convince people of color to take it.
Mr. Aaron said to reporters, “When you see Andy Young, myself, and some of the other civil rights leaders, it makes you feel good… if I can do something to help prolong someone’s career, that’s what I want to do.”
Conspiracy Accusers
The Newsweek article quickly shifted from factual reporter to name-calling accuser:
“Following Aaron’s death, a number of conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers shared the Braves legend’s death as a warning about perceived dangers of the COVID vaccine. Children’s Health Defense [a non-profit founded by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.], an organization that has shared other anti-vax propaganda, highlighted Aaron’s vaccination and indicated that a cause of death was not shared.”
But while accusing everyone who raises serious concerns about vaccinations as conspiracy theorists, Newsweek itself pointed out the following in an article published on 29 February 2019:
“Many vaccine skeptics are also mistrustful of the pharmaceutical company, believing Big Pharma is shilling unnecessary (and potentially dangerous) vaccines just to make money. When pharmaceutical companies are sued for failing to report information about the safety of their drugs, it furthers that distrust.”
Is it irrational to distrust Big Pharma? (See our 19 January article, “DRUG LORD: COVID IS “FOREVER.”)
Regarding health risks with the new COVID-19 vaccines, which are using never-before tested RNA gene methodology, see our previous articles:
COVID-19 VACCINES: TRACKING ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS
COVID VACCINE: SCIENTISTS WARN “CAUTION”
VIROLOGIST WARNS ABOUT MAKING VACCINES COMPULSORY
Joining Newsweek in going after Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for warning against the potential harm of vaccines was the Daily Beast with this report last Friday:
“Anti-vaccine pseudoscience peddler Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. used baseball legend Hank Aaron’s death in a desperate attempt to fan hysteria over the coronavirus vaccine late Friday. Kennedy, whose fact-free work has been rebuked by his own family, tweeted Friday, ‘Hank Aaron’s tragic death is part of a wave of suspicious deaths among elderly closely following administration of COVID vaccines. He received the Moderna vaccine on Jan. 5 to inspire other Black Americans to get the vaccine.’”
TRENDPOST: On 17 January, Kaiser Health News reported, “Black Americans are receiving COVID vaccinations at dramatically lower rates than white Americans in the first weeks of the chaotic rollout, according to a new study.”
Their study found that “About 3% of Americans have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine so far. But in 16 states that have released data by race, white residents are being vaccinated at significantly higher rates than Black residents.”
Again, we continue to report on the depth and span of those opposing vaccinations and how the mainstream media, politicians, and Presstitutes attack anyone contradicting their beliefs/messages.