Elon Musk is using Bronny James' cardiac arrest to baselessly spout anti-vaccine talking points

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In a tweet, Musk baselessly speculated about the COVID-19 vaccine, which has not been linked to James at all...

Elon Musk is using news of Bronny James' cardiac arrest to baselessly speculate about the COVID-19 vaccine on Twitter...

In a reply to a tweet about the James news, Musk brought up the COVID-19 vaccine without having any proof it was connected to James' cardiac arrest...

There is no credible reporting that the COVID vaccine caused James to go into cardiac arrest Monday, and myocarditis is a different condition from cardiac arrest...

Musk has long been skeptical of mandating the COVID-19 vaccine and has questioned its effectiveness, despite the overwhelming scientific consensus that the vaccine is safe and protects against severe COVID-19 illness...