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Elon Musk floated the possibility that the COVID vaccine played a role in USC star freshman Bronny James suffering a cardiac arrest during a basketball workout in Los Angeles on Monday.
James, the highly touted 18-year-old son of Lakers star LeBron James, lost consciousness before being revived Monday, according to reports.
He was listed in stable condition at a Los Angeles-area hospital Tuesday.
Musk, the Tesla CEO who purchased Twitter for $44 billion last year and has since rebranded the company as “X,” tweeted Tuesday: “We cannot ascribe everything to the vaccine, but, by the same token, we cannot ascribe nothing.”
“Myocarditis is a known side-effect,” Musk continued.
“The only question is whether it is rare or common.”
Myocarditis, a rare inflammatory condition that affects the heart, has been reported in cases involving adolescents and young adult males who were administered the mRNA vaccine against COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.