Did a Teenager Die From Myocarditis After Her Second COVID Dose?

Her cause of death has not been confirmed, and there is currently no proof to suggest it was tied to the vaccine.

By Alec Dent

Jun 16, 2021

A tweet from right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk suggests the death of a 19-year-old in Illinois is related to her receiving the coronavirus vaccine.

A 19-year-old student in Illinois died after suffering from a case of apparent myocarditis-induced heart failure following her second shot of the China Virus vaccine.

Why is no one talking about Simone Scott? Why are we vaccinating healthy people and putting their lives at risk?
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) June 14, 2021

Notorious spreaders of coronavirus and vaccine misinformation Alex Berenson and Robert Kennedy Jr. made the same claim as well.

Simone Scott was a student at Northwestern University who passed away on June 11 following pneumonia-related issues after receiving a heart transplant in May. Scott had graduated from Mason High School in Ohio, and the school district said in a post on Facebook: “This weekend we learned that Simone passed away following what was suspected as being a virus (not COVID) attack (sic) her heart a few weeks ago, which resulted in her receiving a heart transplant.” Cincinnati NBC affiliate WLWT 5 reported that Scott had received her second COVID vaccine shot on May 1.

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