PolitiFact - There’s no evidence linking COVID-19 vaccine to these athletes’ strokes, blood clots

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A post falsely suggests that recent strokes or blood clots in four well-known athletes are related to COVID-19 vaccines. Two of the athletes had other conditions that caused their health issues, and there’s no evidence linking vaccines to the other two

After Letang returned to the ice 10 days after his second stroke, team physician Dr. Dharmesh Vyas"Last time, we actually had to figure out why he had the stroke. We already know that now. The timeline, in terms of diagnostics, was much shorter. We're just confirming what we knew already," he said,, a New York Jets rookie offensive tackle, was placed on the nonfootball injury list on Dec. 7, ending his 2022 season.

Factor V Leiden can increase a person’s chance of developing abnormal blood clots, commonly in the legs or lungs,, a Carolina Panthers defensive end, returned to the football field Dec. 11 after being out since late October. Anderson revealed that he missed the time because he had a stroke. Doctors were unable to determine the cause of the blood clot in his brain that triggered the stroke, he said.

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