Buffalo Bills defensive back听Damar Hamlin has been discharged from the Buffalo General Medical Center, a week after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field during an NFL game against the Cincinnati听Bengals on Jan. 2. Social media posts claim his cardiac arrest was related to a COVID-19 vaccine shot he received a few days earlier. This is false. Doctors who treated Hamlin have said the cause of his collapse on the field has not been determined.听听
Social media users of a tweet appearing to be from an account named "Dr. Benjamin Eidelman"鈥痗laiming he gave Hamlin a COVID-19 booster shot on Dec. 26. The tweet read: 鈥I recently administered Damar Hamlin's Covid booster on 12/26, and as a medical professional, I can assure the public he passed all screenings with flying colors. I am in contact with the UCMC staff and will provide any assistance to them."鈥 The users linked the claim to Hamlin鈥檚 cardiac arrest without evidence of such link and without proof the account claiming to be a doctor is听real.听听听
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Buffalo Bills said Hamlin suffered a 听after a hit during the Jan. 2 match.听听
The team said Hamlin鈥檚 heartbeat was restored on the field and he was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center听for testing and treatment.听听
During a news conference, Dr. William A. Knight IV, a physician and professor in the department of emergency medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine,听said the Buffalo Bills medical staff started immediate resuscitation on the field using CPR and defibrillation after Hamlin鈥檚 collapse. He said Hamlin was staying at the hospital鈥s鈥痵urgical ICU and that he was gradually recovering.听
He said it was not clear for the medical team .听
鈥淲e do not have definitive answers as to the etiology of the arrest at this time and tests will continue to be ongoing as he continues to progress,鈥 Knight said.听
The tweet from the "Dr. Benjamin Eidelman" Twitter account was shared after Hamlin鈥s collapse, but the account is no longer active on the social media platform and no archives of the tweet exist,听which means the screenshot is either fake or the user who owned the account deleted it after sharing the tweet.听听
The account, @drbeneidelman, was created just last month, according to an听.听The account bio described the user as an 鈥淎rtist鈥 and听鈥Data Scientist.鈥听
罢丑别鈥鈥痠n the United States bar health care providers from sharing private health information about their patients.听听
Buffalo Bills announced on Monday that Hamlin was released from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and was transferred to Buffalo General Hospital.听On Wednesday, the team announced Hamlin was discharged from Buffalo General and is now rehabilitating at home. 听
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