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  • 2022-12-09 (xsd:date)
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  • No, Rod Stewart’s son didn’t suffer a COVID-19 vaccine-induced heart attack (en)
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  • Two headlines juxtaposed on social media leave users to draw one conclusion: A COVID-19 vaccine triggered a recent hospital trip for the son of British singer Rod Stewart. Rod Stewart reveals his son Aiden, 11, was rushed to hospital in an ambulance with a suspected heart attack after collapse at football match, reads a Dec. 7 Daily Mail headline . Below it, a Metro headline from Dec. 3, 2021: Rod Stewart: Only triple-vaccinated guests will be invited to my Christmas party. Not Rod Stewart & Penny Lancaster’s kid, now, too, an Instagram post sharing the headlines said, using a syringe emoji and hashtags including #va$$ine. This post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta , which owns Facebook and Instagram.) RELATED VIDEO We contacted Stewart’s manager about the claim but didn’t immediately hear back. However, the Daily Mail story mentions neither COVID-19 nor vaccines. It does say — in the first sentence — that Stewart said the suspected heart attack was actually a panic attack. Citing an interview with Stewart in a recent issue of the soccer magazine FourFourTwo, the Daily Mail quotes Stewart saying: We thought my boy had a heart attack. He was going blue and was unconscious until he calmed down. It was scary, but it turned out to be a panic attack. The lad wanted to do well. We rate claims that he was rushed to the hospital because of a COVID-19 vaccine Pants on Fire! (en)
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