I know…I was being very sarcastic. That claim of his is 100% bullshit. If it were true he would be naming names. And, it would be all over the news.
My girlfriend was one. She lives in Canada. You wouldn’t know her.
Please provide a few names. If they were professional athletes, they would be on team rosters and we can google them.
How about just one?
It was a joke…
Yes. Again, Stockton is 100% full of shit. There are no professional athletes dropping dead on the field in the last year for ANY reason, let alone because of the covid vaccine. Well, maybe someone died in a car crash or something, but we would know if over 100 pro athletes dropped dead in the last year.
Which should be obvious – yet the interviewer didn’t challenge him on this ridiculous statement. The editor did stick a note at the end:
Many of the claims made by Stockton regarding COVID-19 and vaccines are not backed by science nor deemed credible by medical professionals. Stockton’s statement that more than 100 athletes have died from the vaccine is unfounded and proven inaccurate according to FactCheck.org
Um, if your interview subject has so little credibility, maybe you shouldn’t give him a platform in the first place.
Responsible folk need to call these idiots out, in no uncertain terms, every single time.
John Stockton is a Big Deal in Spokane and I think they knew this nutcase interview would go national. The interview, plus the accompanying article was a big part of the first section of the Sunday paper and now they will have countless follow-up articles.
But I agree with you 100%. Either call him out during the interview or don’t publish this garbage. While the majority response has been calling him a crackpot, there is a sizeable amount of “you get’em John” from the lunatic fringe that isn’t so fringey any longer.
I mean, wouldn’t you love to hear or see his response when asked to name just one athlete? A good interviewer would have absolutely destroyed him.
Yes, it might remind us of when a certain Republican VP candidate was asked which actual newspapers she read on a regular basis. That was classic.
Hungarian Olympic gold and silver medalist who was an anti-vaxxer, has died of covid, allegedly after having been vaccinated.
Oh, the one you said is a model?
Exactly. Here’s a picture of her. I know it looks like it was cut out of a magazine, but that’s how they do photos in Canada.
(squints) Isn’t that an old picture of Morgan Fairchild?
Yeah. That’s the ticket!
A Wikipedia article about the convoy was created yesterday and various anonymous editors have been trying to keep the (well-sourced) extremist views out of the article ever since.
You mean my wife, Morgan Fairchild? (Whom I’ve slept with.)
Would we, though? WOULD WE? 
Ummmm…
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-c406295348810a22c0f407d63279579c
Okay, but:
All of the sailors received honorable discharges, the Navy said.
Why? 
Because them’s the rules. They might have been able to give them some sort of administrative separation, but honorable was easier and quicker.
ETA: Added a link:
I’m a Navy vet, and very happy with the exec order to mandate vaccines, but I think Honorable Discharge is appropriate for sailors who refuse the vaccine (as long as they’re honest about it). They’re being dumb – very dumb, IMO – but they’re not being dishonorable.