Public Health Communication Collaborative: Misinformation Alerts and Damar Hamlin

From the Public Health Communication Collaborative (PHCC): As we usher in a new year, the spread of misinformation and disinformation on COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy continues. On January 2, football player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field and suffered a cardiac arrest during an NFL game. Since Hamlin's collapse, there has been widespread misinformation baselessly attributing his injury to his COVID-19 vaccination. Find fact-checked information about Hamlin and vaccine misinformation in PHCC’s latest misinformation alert, where they share clear, accurate information to answer questions such as: "Was Hamlin's cardiac arrest caused by a COVID-19 vaccine," and "Do mRNA COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of heart-related problems?