Every few weeks, #DiedSuddenly trends. It tries to attach every public medical event to the COVID vaccine.
It's great branding for the anti-vaccine movement, tied to the viral film Died Suddenly. It's also not true.
Died Suddenly's trailer alone has just... a bunch of living people in it, whose medical events had nothing to do with the vaccine.
In the trailer of Died Suddenly, Keyontae Johnson passes out shortly after a man says "the dead can't speak for themselves."
Not only is Keyontae Johnson alive, his team just made the Elite 8 and he's projected NBA Draft pick.
Despite what's implied in Died Suddenly, he passed out before the vaccine was even officially available in the US.
The ultimate proof that nothing matters in the Died Suddenly-verse?
The comedian Heather McDonald passed out on stage last February. She was fine within days and cranked out a podcast to let everyone know. It didn't matter to antivaxxers, some of whom still believe she's dead.
Joe Rogan brought up Heather McDonald's fainting spell on his podcast, calling it "Instant Pharma."
McDonald had known Rogan for years and DM'd him asking him to go on his show to clear things up. He just didn't respond.
There's no widespread extinction event attributed to the COVID vaccine, so antivaxxers are now pivoting.
The producer of Died Suddenly is now alleging the vaccine makes your "penis rot off." He also claims Damar Hamlin and maybe John Fetterman have been replaced by body doubles.
All of this sounds stupid, but it has real-life impact.
Rep. Paul Gosar went on Stew Peters' show this month, talking over a scroll about DiedSuddenly.
An Idaho state lawmaker—and fan of Died Suddenly—introduced legislation this month to outlaw administering MRNA vaccines.
The whole story proved to me how futile combatting vaccine lies is.
This woman is old fashioned, Hollywood FAMOUS and people still think she's dead because anti-vaxxers pushing #DiedSuddenly have immense power.
Didn’t see much mainstream credentialed press covering this, so I’m at Grand Central. Definitely still hundreds here at this protest calling for a ceasefire.
A lot of people still inside Grand Central Terminal, cops saying the whole terminal is shut down, telling people to head up to 125th St to take the trains headed out of the city. Every entrance blocked off.
Not a ton of people dipping off from the outside. Occasional person will yell occasional pro-Israel (or just general frustration at shutting down the terminal) at the crowd, but it’s very calm right now, at least on the outside.
Yes, this video is about how dumb the Target controversy is, how much the people pushing it are actively lying to people, and how some mainstream outlets are eating it all up.
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Comes down to moderation, desktop experience, and reliability, but it feels like the answer.
Also, you can't measure vibes, but the Bluesky vibes... the Bluesky vibes are very good.
Once again, the vibes are not measurable, but you can feel it.