Conspiracy theorists rampant: Sudden death linked to Olympics and vaccinations

The opening of the Paris Olympics was overshadowed by a sad news – Lionel Elika Fatupaito, a boxing coach who came to watch the Games with the Samoan delegation, suddenly passed away.

AFP dataA man collapsed in his room in the Olympic Village after suffering a heart attack around 10:20 a.m. local time.

more: Sad news from Paris – a coach died in the Olympic Village.

Despite the efforts of emergency personnel, the coach could not be saved. The cause was given as “natural death”. He was 60 years old.

Neither the team nor the family representatives disclosed information that the coach’s death could be related to vaccination. The tragic incident was reported in the Samoan media, French and other foreign portals, but there is no such confirmed information.

XNet Photo/Lionel Elika Fatupaito

A relative died, but the athlete did not.

Contrary to what the Facebook post claims, no deaths of Olympic participants were recorded this year.

However, tragedy struck the family of Maggie Stephens, captain of the U.S. water polo team.

Her husband’s sister died a few days before the Olympics.

Lulu Conner, 26, died shortly after arriving in Paris to support Stephens, who was competing for a fourth gold medal with the United States.

It’s unclear exactly what happened, but Stephens called the condition an “acute health disorder.”

The family has not released any further details about her cause of death. No statement has been made regarding a medically confirmed cause of death or an accident that may be related to the vaccination.

Facebook Swim/Lulu Connor

Not the first time

At the end of 2021, the names of six athletes from different countries, mostly young athletes, who died or became seriously ill during competitions or training, began to circulate on the Internet. Commentators explained that this was due to the vaccine against COVID-19.

However, reports from those events have provided little indication of whether athletes have been vaccinated.

Some of the athletes have had health problems in the past, some are middle-aged or even elderly, and there have been suicide incidents.

Some people’s information could not be found at all, and some surnames or nationalities were incorrect.

The list of 55 athletes, mostly football players, was distributed in multiple languages ​​and shared more than 45,000 times. People.

Despite all the speculation, there has been no official confirmation that the vaccine caused the deaths of these athletes.

Undiagnosed illness

UK organizations “Heart disease risk in the young” (CRY) The report said an average of 12 young and healthy people die each week in the country from undiagnosed heart disease. According to its manager Dr. Steven Cox, this is one of the leading causes of death among young people.

“80% of cases without previous symptoms – He claimed. “So the first time we know about these problems is when someone collapses and has a heart attack.”

According to CRY, while exercise is in principle good for heart health and can reduce the risk of death from heart disease for most people, it can also increase the risk of sudden death in people with already unhealthy hearts.

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15 minutes Conclusion: Partly a lieThe Samoan coach did die, but the accident was not related to the vaccine. There are no records of athlete deaths during the Olympics.

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