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  • 2023-01-12 (xsd:date)
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  • CTV reporter's medical emergency fuels Covid vaccine conspiracy theory (en)
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  • Social media users claim the Covid-19 vaccine caused a Canadian news reporter to nearly collapse on live TV. This is false; the journalist has refuted the speculation, and public health authorities say the shots are safe and effective at preventing severe illness and death. Triple-Jabbed Canadian reporter slurs words, nearly collapses on live TV, says a January 10, 2023 article from The Liberty Beacon, a website that has previously shared vaccine misinformation. The claim has also circulated on Twitter, where a January 8, 2023 tweet says: DISTURBING: Young female reporter, Jessica Robb has a medical episode live on air. She posted on her Facebook page that she has been vaccinated three times. #diedsuddenly. Screenshot of the Liberty Beacon website taken January 11, 2023 Screenshot of a tweet taken January 12, 2023 In the video shared online, Robb gives a live report for the Canadian Television Network (CTV) in Edmonton, Alberta. She soon stumbles over her words and appears to have a medical emergency. I'm not feeling very well, Robb tells her colleague in the clip. Other articles insinuated the incident was related to Covid-19 vaccination, a rumor that has also spread on platforms such as Facebook, TikTok and Rumble . Several posts include the phrase died suddenly, referencing a conspiracy theory that the shots are causing mass deaths worldwide, a false allegation made in a film containing numerous erroneous claims about vaccines. Like those assertions, many posts about Robb's incident are false -- she refuted it in a statement that CTV Edmonton shared on Twitter. While I will not share private medical information publicly, I can say that there is no cause for concern, and that my understanding of my own medical background provides a reasonable explanation for what happened, Robb said in the January 9 message. I can, however, confirm that the situation was in no way related to the Covid-19 vaccine. A message from Jessica Robb: On Sunday night, a very personal and vulnerable moment unfolded as I reported live on air. pic.twitter.com/WbMNWhsoN7 — CTV Edmonton (@ctvedmonton) January 9, 2023 The articles and social media posts are the latest to exploit a high-profile medical incident to sow doubt about the safety of Covid-19 vaccines. After the death of sports journalist Grant Wahl and Celine Dion's diagnosis with a rare disease in December, and the collapse of US football player Damar Hamlin in January, political commentators and anti-vaccine advocates fueled speculation that Covid-19 shots were to blame. Health Canada and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend Covid-19 vaccination to protect against severe illness and hospitalization. Evidence indicates that the benefits of Covid-19 vaccines continue to outweigh the risks of the disease, Health Canada says on its website. More of AFP's reporting on vaccine misinformation is available here . (en)
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