Although medical officials say baseball legend Hank Aaron died of natural causes, his recent passing is being hijacked by some people to cast doubt on the COVID-19 vaccine.
Aaron, considered one of the greatest sluggers to ever live, died Friday. He was 86.The Fulton County Medical Examiner's office on Monday reported he died of natural causes.
However, due to Aaron publicly receiving the COVID-19 vaccine earlier in the month in an effort to encourage skeptics to also get a jab ("I was proud to get the COVID-19 vaccine earlier today at Morehouse School of Medicine.
I hope you do the same!"), his death is being falsely linked to the injection among the spread of misinformation, NBC News firstreported.
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