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  • 2021-04-09 (xsd:date)
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  • Did DMX Take COVID-19 Vaccine Days Before Heart Attack? (en)
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  • On April 9, 2021, rapper DMX passed away at a hospital in New York where he had been ever since suffering a catastrophic cardiac arrest a week prior. As news of the musician's demise was circulated on social media, so was a rumor that DMX had taken the COVID-19 vaccine shortly before suffering this heart attack. The sole source for the rumor that DMX took a vaccine shortly before his heart attack is an unnamed family member that was quoted in an article by MTO News. The alleged family member allegedly said: This story was later rehashed by websites such as dailypostusa.com and the misleadingly named Washington News Post (not The Washington Post). There are a number of reasons to be skeptical about this story. For one, this rumor comes from a single unnamed source. In the official statement from DMX's family about the musicians death, neither COVID-19 nor a COVID-19 vaccine were mentioned. The official statement reads: A statement from the hospital in White Plains, New York, noted that DMX died after suffering catastrophic cardiac arrest. It should also be noted that Media Takeout is a gossip magazine that has published some questionable articles in the past. After Lil Nas X dressed up as Nicki Minaj for Halloween, for example, the website published an article claiming that the musician had come out as transgender. Gossip Cop reported: The biggest problem with this rumor, however, is that it insinuates that DMX's heart attack was caused by a COVID-19 vaccine despite there being no evidence to support that claim. The MTO article ends by stating that the CDC received only 2,794 reports of death among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine, but this does not mean that 2,794 deaths were caused by the COVID-19 vaccine. The CDC writes: While there is no evidence that a vaccine caused DMX's heart attack, it is possible that the rapper was vaccinated sometime prior to his death. In New York, vaccinations opened to people aged 50 and older on March 22, 2021. DMX died at the age of 50. (en)
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