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    Baseball legend Hank Aaron dies at 86 less than 3 weeks after Covid vaccination

    Nobody has said it's due to that, or making a connection, but the timing sure could be suspect. He died in his sleep. If this had happened while Trump was still president, there would have been dems/libs that blamed Trump for his death due to the vaccine. This story is from the 5th of January when he got the vaccine.
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    ATLANTA -- Hank Aaron expressed pride after being injected with the COVID-19 vaccination. The iconic Hall of Famer hopes his willingness to be vaccinated Tuesday will help lessen concerns some Black Americans may have about receiving the shot.

    "[Getting vaccinated] makes me feel wonderful," Aaron told The Associated Press. "I don't have any qualms about it at all, you know. I feel quite proud of myself for doing something like this. ... It's just a small thing that can help zillions of people in this country."

    Aaron, former United Nations ambassador Andrew Young and former U.S. Health and Human Services secretary Louis Sullivan were accompanied by their spouses and other civil rights leaders when they were vaccinated at the Morehouse School of Medicine.

    Aaron and his wife, Billye, have been top donors to the medical school, which Sullivan founded in Atlanta in 1975.

    Young told the AP the mistrust Black Americans have for vaccinations stems from the Tuskegee experiment, an infamous study which left syphilis untreated in participating Black men without their consent. The experiment spanned from 1932-72.

    "I've been taking vaccines now for 88 years and I haven't been sick," Young said. "The truth of it is, Black folk have been living by shots, and just because they did something crazy and murderous and evil back in 1931, we're still thinking about that. We've got to get over that."

    Hank Aaron receives COVID-19 vaccination | MLB.com

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    Great man, I remember watching him on TV hitting the big one off Al Downing of the LA Dodgers. He hit a lot off Cubs pitchers as well, I always wished they had walked him when he came to bat. So, do they think getting the vaccination led to his death?

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    I was a junior in high school. There was a group of us in US History class that were avid sports fans and we'd be talking about every game the Braves played wondering if Aaron's next atbat would reach the fence. What days for MLB those were.

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    Been a Die-Hard Cub fan since I was 8 years old. I finally got to see them win the big one.

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    Here is Hammerin' Hank...among other legends:

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    I got to see Willie Mays play live at Wrigley Field when he played for the Mets. He stuck out 3 times. Milt Pappas pitched a complete game (something you don't see anymore). Milt hit a 3 run homer and knocked in 2 more runs. Cubs won 6-1. Year before got to see the Big Reds Machine play the Cubs at Wrigley. Bill Hands pitched for the Cubs. He picked Joe Morgan off at first that day. Jim Hickman hit a homer over the right field fence. Just a few highlights I remember.

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    Quote Originally Posted by diakonos777 View Post
    So, do they think getting the vaccination led to his death?
    You know, Brother, I wondered the same thing, but then again, he was 86, so there's that too.

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    You know, Brother, I wondered the same thing, but then again, he was 86, so there's that too.
    You would think that he was healthy/without illness prior to the vaccination. I wonder what took him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    You would think that he was healthy/without illness prior to the vaccination. I wonder what took him.
    Exactly. Perfectly healthy before he took it.

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