No Study Called for Avoiding Physical Activity For Three Weeks After Getting the COVID Jab
The Claim
Claim no. 1: A study found that vaccinated individuals should not do any form of exercise until three weeks have passed since they took the COVID-19 vaccine.
Claim no. 2: Athletes have died after they took the jab.
News posted on
Emerging story
Twitter accounts have recently shared two claims. The first is that a study had found that people wishing to get vaccinated should not do any form of exercise until three weeks have passed from the day they took the COVID-19 vaccine. The second claim links athletes’ death to receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
Description: The screenshots show the recently circulated claim. The first is shared as part of a campaign to end compulsory vaccination, and the second alleges that playing any kind of sport “is the most dangerous job” after getting the jab.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar’s team investigated the two claims and found them misleading. No reliable scientific journal or research center had published any study that urged jab takers not to play any sport for three weeks after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
The Brussels Times published an article on Aug. 18, 2021, titled: “Doctors advise against intensive sport after Covid vaccination.” The article was published following three rare cases of vaccinated young athletes developing heart complications, which forced doctors to advise against “intensive physical activity” soon after getting the jab.
The article also mentioned that the heart complications occurred only to three young people from the same age group, while cyclists from other age groups did not have the same symptoms.
In addition, no scientific evidence so far had linked athletes’ death to getting the jab. The New York Times published an article on Jan. 28 under the title: “No, athletes are not dying from Covid-19 vaccines,” in which a 2015 study (i.e., before the COVID-19 pandemic) is cited as showing that the possibility of basketball players dying of a sudden heart attack varied based on their gender and the type of sport they played.
Another portion of the New York Times article read that: “Doctors say that the risk of developing myocarditis after getting vaccinated appears low and that most people afflicted with the condition quickly recover. One study found that boys and young men infected with Covid-19 are up to six times more likely to develop myocarditis than people who received the vaccine.”
The claim started to circulate following the recent death of more than one soccer player, including the Greek player, Alexandros Lampis, who died on the field, and Fulham FC player, Paul Parish. The U.S. Senator, Ron Johnson, also brought the topic back to the public’s attention when he appeared on the “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast.
Translated by Ahmed N. A. Almassri
