Damar Hamlin – latest casualty?

Damar Hamlin – latest casualty?
By Terry A. Hurlbut
Last night saw the latest in a long string of athletes suffering sudden heart attacks. Damar Hamlin, 24, safety for the Buffalo Bills, collapsed on the field after a routine tackle. This happened during a Monday Night Football game between the Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals. The Twitterverse exploded into an angry debate within minutes – because everyone knows that the National Football League required its players to take vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2, or face fines. Damar Hamlin, therefore, likely took “the jab.” Is he now suffering from it? You decide.
Damar Hamlin collapse
The first reports came at about 9:19 p.m. EST.
https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1610098408538218500
https://twitter.com/FOX19Joe/status/1610098849636388870
For everyone’s information, officials have suspended the game and pledged to reschedule it for a later date.
https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1610111462281994241
Comments, often scathing, came rolling in almost at once. Here’s Laura Loomer:
https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1610108635085955073
https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1610110832649674752
https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1610114353910452226
User Raymond Zino took note that we don’t actually know whether Damar Hamlin took the “jab” or not. But he also took note of the NFL’s policy:
https://twitter.com/RaymondZino/status/1610113276192632832
The account for the documentary Died Suddenly, about the spate of people Hamlin’s age (or younger) suffering heart attacks, has this:
https://twitter.com/DiedSuddenly_/status/1610103839910158344
https://twitter.com/DiedSuddenly_/status/1610106665667379202
Note the sequence: he collided with Bengal player Tee Higgins, then stood up – and collapsed.
https://twitter.com/DiedSuddenly_/status/1610104661230362627
That brought a slew of tweets falling under the heading of argumentum ad hominem. But one user, in a since-deleted tweet, suggested another cause: commotio cordis. Commotio cordis happens when someone takes a blow directly above the heart at the wrong moment. Ironically, the reverse of this – the precordial thump – is the first suggested measure to start a person’s heart beating again after he collapses. Training in Advanced Cardiac Life Support emphasizes this measure. But that does not account for most sports reporters not seeing an event like this in twenty years of reporting. Furthermore, at 24, he’s rather young to suffer this condition even after such a blow. And at least one user said the blow Hamlin received was not the type to stop the heart.
https://twitter.com/Ferrariman601YT/status/1610106062857805826
Sudden heart attack, or injury?
Most reportage tells of Damar Hamlin collapsing, receiving Cardiac Life Support, and going to hospital. Examples come from National Public Radio, Fox Five Atlanta, and ABC News. But one “live blog” referred to an unspecified “injury” to Hamlin.
The Bengals begin with the ball from the 26.
Mixon runs for seven, then Burrow hits. Higgins for 13 more and a first down.
BUF-D. Hamlin was injured during the play.
The game has been suspended...
At 10:31 p.m. EST came this hopeful report: Damar Hamlin will not die from this incident. His marketing representative said this:
https://twitter.com/jordonr/status/1610116502845558784
Which is the normal treatment protocol, as at least one doctor attested. So again, Hamlin should survive this. But his is the latest of many reported cases of young, apparently healthy people suffering heart attacks. That he survived was because trained staff responded quickly and had the necessary equipment (including an Automatic External Defibrillator) available. Others are not so fortunate.
The bitter debate comes one week after the release of Twitter Files Part 10, on this very subject. Elon Musk has pledged a further release later in the week.
Link to:
The article:
https://cnav.news/2023/01/03/editorial/talk/damar-hamlin-latest-casualty/

First tweets reporting the collapse:
https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1610098408538218500
https://twitter.com/FOX19Joe/status/1610098849636388870
https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1610111462281994241

The debate:
https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1610108635085955073
https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1610110832649674752
https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1610114353910452226
https://twitter.com/RaymondZino/status/1610113276192632832
https://twitter.com/DiedSuddenly_/status/1610103839910158344
https://twitter.com/DiedSuddenly_/status/1610106665667379202
https://twitter.com/DiedSuddenly_/status/1610104661230362627
https://twitter.com/Ferrariman601YT/status/1610106062857805826

A hopeful report:
https://twitter.com/jordonr/status/1610116502845558784

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