NFL Player's Cardiac Arrest Shuts Down Game; Questions Mount Over What Caused Him to Collapse on Field
The Bills Player is currently in a medically induced coma in critical condition. CPR saved his life--but his fight is not over. Meanwhile, questions over what happened grow by the hour.
Like millions of NFL fans last night, I was expecting a football game for the ages.
What transpired will undoubtedly be remembered for a long time—but sadly, the game is not why we won’t forget that night.
A player almost died. That will stick with us for some time.
As the game came to a strange and tragic halt during the first quarter—questions arose from the confusion on the field.
Everyone’s thoughts and prayers continue to pour out over Damar Hamlin—a player I was unfamiliar with before his tragic medical issue that occurred in Cincinnati on January 2, 2023. As we get to know him, we discover Hamlin to be a remarkable human being who contributes many blessings to the city of Buffalo through his charitable work and athletic gifts.
WHAT HAPPENED?
I love Substack’s freedom to speculate through the printed word on the issues of the day. That’s healthy for a democratic republic like the U.S. As the tweet above states - the days of sitting back and swallowing whatever the highly paid talking heads on our screens dish out as gospel is OVER.
It has been approximately 24 hours since Hamlin collapsed on the football field, and I’m observing some profound hypocrisy and gaslighting through the media.
Members of the hive media™ are telling us not to speculate on what medically happened to Hamlin—while at the same time running with the THEORY (a.k.a. SPECULATING) that what caused Hamlin to go into cardiac arrest was something called commotio cordis - something that 98% of the public had never heard of 24 hours ago—yet we are now being told this is “quite common.”
The Commentariat Provides Typical Gutless Analysis - Avoids Elephant in the Room
Outside of Substack—courageous analysis is nowhere. No one on ESPN or other legacy channels mentioned the Covid inoculation concerning his medical emergency. If you know of a news source outside of Substack that said the Covid shot was possibly related to Hamlin’s health scare last night, please share in the comments.
Here are a couple of examples of some of the lame media coverage.
The Glenn Beck Program Gives Lazy Commentary on Today’s Show
Beck was off today—so the Glenn Beck program was hosted by Stu Burguiere and Pat Gray. The title of the episode found in iTunes is Could This Be the End of the NFL? (Not clickbait-y at all) Stu was particularly hypocritical in this episode—scolding the listeners for speculating AT THE SAME TIME HE SPENT 20 MINUTES SPECULATING that Hamlin collapsed due to commotio cordis. The commentary was lame, lazy, and disappointing.
It makes you wonder if Big Pharma got to them.
Joe Piscopo Gaslights What Happened to Hamlin
I tuned into The Joe Piscopo Show out of New York City this morning and could only stomach about three minutes.
Piscopo starts talking about the game last night and Hamlin’s incident, and he raises his voice squealing, “Boy, did he get hit hard! Did you see that hit?! Did you see it?!”
Hamlin did not get walloped (see video below.) You could quickly tell Piscopo was running with the commotio cordis theory—so I promptly bailed and looked for any sources that were not parroting the commotio cordis theory.
I couldn’t find any outside of Substack.
Hold Up! I Just Found Dr. Drew on Twitter Providing a Different Perspective!
This is a must listen! (Under 5 minute) 👇
Is commotio cordis the only possible answer?
The NFL has been a violent game for over 60 years—and commotio cordis is unprecedented in league history. (In plain English - it’s never happened before.)
The gaslighters in the media matrix™ are already trying to normalize commotio cordis. But was Hamlin hit hard enough in the chest to cause CC? Many consider Hamlin’s tackle a routine play—nothing looked out of the ordinary:
Steve Kirsch believes the most likely scenario is that Damar Hamlin was brain dead on the field.
From Kirsch’s Substack: The medical experts I consulted believe that there is a high likelihood that Damar Hamlin was brain dead within 10 minutes after he dropped to the ground.
The primary reason for this conclusion is the 9 minutes of CPR. It is simply very rare for someone not to be brain dead at that point. Nobody I talked to has ever heard of such a case. That doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened. It just means it is rare.
I pray that this is not the case, but I think we need to prepare for that possibility.
For example, there was no news from the hospital that his brain was still alive. This would have been uplifting news to the crowd of people waiting outside the hospital, but it was never delivered. There were no reports anywhere that Hamlin’s brain was still functioning. Why would they withhold this information?
Kirsch goes on to write: If Hamlin is brain dead, the possibility must be considered that the COVID vaccine played a role in his death. We cannot allow a potential killer to go free.
One medical expert I spoke with said there was a 99% chance this was due to the vaccine.
The reason for this opinion is that an injury of this nature (a relatively mild blow requiring 9 minutes of CPR and a failure of the defibrillator to revive him) is unprecedented if there wasn’t some underlying condition. If Hamlin had a known pre-existing condition, it would have surfaced by now.
Multiple sources confirm that Hamlin was vaccinated. For example, the team boasted of being 100% vaccinated. I also heard from an NFL coach that he was vaccinated. I’ve heard that there were only two players on the team who were known to be unvaccinated: Josh Allen and Cole Beasley.
There are some reports on Twitter that he was vaccinated just days before the event, but these reports have not been authenticated and were not considered in making the assessments in this article.
Could the vaccine have played a role in his death? If it did, here are two the most likely possibilities:
Possibility #1: Aortic aneurysm caused by the vaccine
Aortic aneurysm is a well-known side-effect associated with the COVID vaccine:
According to one medical expert (who is also vaccine injured), “a ton of vaccine injured have had aortic aneurysms.” Note that vaccine injuries in VAERS are underreported, so the 250 reports in VAERS may represent 25,000 incidents.
Some people observed Hamlin looked “pale and off” at the beginning of the game which would be consistent with that possibility.
An aortic rupture could then be triggered by a sudden impact.
The aorta carries blood away from the heart. A rupture here means blood would not be able to be pumped to his brain, even with CPR.
Defibrillation wouldn’t work either to restore blood flow to his brain. While they may be able to restart his heart, all that would do is create internal bleeding.
Possibility #2: Myocarditis caused by the COVID vaccine
The vaccine could have created heart damage (myocarditis) leading to an enlarged heart event. An adrenaline surge could lead to a myocardial infarction where his heart could not be restarted.
Why the vaccine must be investigated as a possible cause
This chart says it all:
Kirsch closes out with this:
Summary
We need to prepare for the possibility that Damar Hamlin is brain dead.
If he is brain dead, there is nothing we can do to bring him back.
If he is brain dead, the COVID vaccine must be considered as a possible suspect.
If Damar Hamlin is dead, I hope that there will be transparency and a full autopsy to discover whether the COVID vaccine was responsible for his death.
If we do not consider the possibility that the COVID vaccine killed Damar Hamlin, we will have let a killer roam free to kill again. And again. And again.
FURTHER READING: Cardiac Arrest in Athletes - What is Known and Knowable
“I think it is irresponsible for the state-sponsored press to be declaring that this was not due in some part to a vaccine injury this early in the game. Because we don’t know, no one does - not even his physicians. I speculate that assuming he got vaccinated and boosted is probably a reasonable inference, given it is the policy of his team that there is 100% compliance with COVID vaccine mandates. The corporate press getting in and attempting to skew the public opinion is a despicable move, but typical. Particularly when these attempts are both strong arming and attacking their “opponent,” while using the tragic injury of a young man as a weapon.” — Robert W. Malone MD, MS
Yes sir. It is absolutely stunning to me how people just want to sweep this under the rug -- i.e., the equivalent of not talking politics at the Thanksgiving dinner to not upset "the familia."
I, for instance, know of a long time healthy-minded 45-year-old workout not... Who, suddenly, two weeks ago just gets a stroke out of nowhere. Instead of giving any perspective on the cause of his sudden element, he goes on an eloquent overview of the story around it and the thoughts he had in his head while he was waiting for the paramedics.
Over 250 accolades on his Facebook feed. Yet, not one damn person had the balls to ask a question, "Did or didn't you get the jab? '