Anti-vaxxers are using Bob Odenkirk’s collapse to peddle Covid vaccine conspiracy theories

Anti-vaxxers are falsely blaming the coronavirus vaccine after actor Bob Odenkirk collapsed on set.

The Better Call Saul actor suffered a heart related incident on Tuesday while filming but is now in a stable condition. His son has issued a statement saying he will make a full recovery.

But while the circumstances around his collapse are unknown, anti-vaxxers have decided to blame the coronavirus vaccine.

An article by right-wing Big League Politics used the misleading headline: “Better Call Saul Star Bob Odenkirk collapses on set after receiving experimental COVID-19 vaccine.”

Meanwhile, posting on Twitter, various people appeared to blame the vaccine:

Odenkirk announced he had got the jab four months ago. Side effects are rare and are more likely to include a “sore arm” or “headache” – as per the NHS website. These effects occur in the first week of getting the jab, if at all, not four months later.

But this has not stopped those who wish to discredit the vaccine.

It is not the first time there have been unfounded conspiracies about the vaccine. Anti-vaxxers have also claimed the jab makes them magnetic.

Al Edwards, an associate professor in biomedical technology from the University of Reading, told Newsweek there was “absolutely no way” a magnet could stick to a person’s arm after an injection.

Meanwhile, people have also been ‘testing’ fruit and carbonated drinks for Covid to try to discredit lateral flow tests.

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