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  • Speaker 1: We learned over the weekend of the  death at age 54 of actor Matthew Perry. I was  

  • I've never seen a single episode of FriendsThe few minutes I've seen did not appeal to me.  

  • But that's not what this is about. This is a story  about how, once again, if the one tool you have is  

  • a hammer. Everything is going to look like a nailAnd for the anti-vax extremists, the death of  

  • Matthew Perry is again proof in their minds that  the COVID vaccine is killing people, a claim for  

  • which there is no evidence. It's actually insaneEvery time I debunk anti-vax claims, we get  

  • flagged on different platforms as promoting COVID  falsehoods. It's insane how bad these algorithms  

  • are. So let me say it again. I am debunking the  claims in this video of the anti-vaxxers. Let's  

  • take a look at some of this stuff. Newsweek  Reporting. MAGA Pushes Vaccine Conspiracy  

  • Theory After Matthew Perry's Death. Penn, live  reports. Matthew Perry's death had anti-vaxxers  

  • posting conspiracy theories. Fans were not having  it absolutely disgusting. The Hindustan Times says  

  • MAGA circles point fingers at COVID vaccines in  Matthew Perry's tragic passing. The reporting so  

  • far is that he drowned in a Jacuzzi. A number  of medical doctors have weighed in and said,  

  • you know, usually folks who are not on drugs don't  die in a Jacuzzi unless you have a heart attack,  

  • which makes you unable to get up and get out and  you end up aspirating water. This is speculation  

  • right now, but there is, of course, no evidence  that this has anything to do with the vaccine.  

  • And yet a right wing guy who says he fights for  freedom, Robby Starbuck posted Matthew Perry has  

  • died at age 54. The call was for a suspected  cardiac arrest. While anything is possible,  

  • many will point out Matthew was a big supporter  of the COVID vaccines and even sold shirts saying,  

  • Could I be any more vaccinated? So I think  it's fair to ask that it be investigated  

  • as a potential cause of cardiac issuesRegardless, it's a tragedy. He brought joy,  

  • etc.. We have another example of this. Kandice  Taylor. She's one of those crazy maga candidates.  

  • I believe she ran for a couple of different things  in Michigan and lost badly, she said. What was he  

  • vaccinated? And we could look at countless more  examples and indeed there are many. Laura loomer,  

  • the right wing extremist posting. Matthew perry is  dead at 54. Sounds like he drowned in the Jacuzzi.  

  • Wonder if it's COVID vaccine related. He often  talked about how he was proud to be extremely  

  • vaccinated. You get the picture that this is  what it is. You know, I saw a couple of other  

  • posts which were something along the lines of, you  know, listen, you've got Bob Saget, who supposedly  

  • died in a hotel room from blunt force trauma 21  months ago. And then now Matthew Perry dies in  

  • completely different circumstances in a Jacuzzi  of apparent cardiac arrest. That seems like too  

  • much of a coincidence. It must be the vaccinesAnd if that sounds really stupid to you. You're  

  • absolutely correct. The idea that two deaths among  celebrities 21 months apart or something like  

  • that. In different circumstances, in different  settings, men of different ages with different  

  • health backgrounds that it's obvious that we  should be pointing to COVID vaccines. It's a sad  

  • state of affairs. Now, as a reminder, people will  say, David, look at the Veirs reporting system and  

  • look at all the people who died. Remember, the  Veirs reporting system tracks people for months  

  • after they've received vaccines. And if they die  for any reason, you die in a car accident after  

  • getting a vaccine, you can show up on Veirs. And  then it is up to us to figure out, is the vaccine  

  • even related? There are false reports submitted  to Veirs, etc. We still have no evidence that  

  • hundreds nor thousands, nor tens of thousands, nor  hundreds of thousands, nor millions of people are  

  • dying from the COVID vaccines. If all you have  is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And  

  • this is yet another tragic situation. Very sad  news about Matthew Perry. He was important to  

  • a lot of people who like the programing that  he participated in. And hopefully there will  

  • be something more definitive about cause of  death. I don't know that that will really do  

  • anything for the anti-vaxxers, but at least there  will be something more definitive to point to.

Speaker 1: We learned over the weekend of the  death at age 54 of actor Matthew Perry. I was  

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