Anti-vaccine activists have spent the previous few days spreading lies about Betty White, the beloved actress who handed away at 99 years previous on Dec. 31. But opposite to web rumors, Betty White didn’t die after getting a covid-19 booster shot.

“Betty died peacefully in her sleep at her home. People are saying her death was related to getting a booster shot three days earlier but that is not true,” White’s agent, Jeff Witjas, informed Yahoo Entertainment.

“She died of natural causes. Her death should not be politicized—that is not the life she lived,” Witjas continued.

And whereas Witjas confirmed White died of pure causes, he didn’t remark to the Associated Press on whether or not White had ever gotten a booster shot. Either means, the covid-19 vaccines have been proven to be each secure and efficient.

Anti-vaccine scumbags began the conspiracy theories virtually instantly after she died, claiming White obtained a covid-19 booster shot on Dec. 28, only a few days earlier than her loss of life. Screenshots circulating on Facebook embody a hyperlink to one thing referred to as “Crow River Media,” the place the declare seems, however there’s no proof the original article included the declare a couple of booster.

The Facebook declare included a faux quote from White that reads, “Eat healthy and get all your vaccines. I just got boosted today.”

Covid-19 vaccine booster pictures do appear to be making a large distinction in whether or not individuals who contract the illness grow to be critically in poor health from the newly emerged omicron variant. People who obtained a Moderna booster, for instance, noticed a 37-fold improve in neutralizing antibody ranges.

The U.S. reported a document variety of new infections on Monday, with over one million instances seen for the primary time in historical past. The U.S. noticed 1,045,968 cases to be exact, a quantity that’s seemingly artificially excessive as a result of a backlog of instances piled up over the New Year vacation.

The seven-day common for brand new instances, an arguably extra correct strategy to observe infections is presently at 494,660—nonetheless an astonishingly excessive quantity. The nation additionally reported 1,343 new deaths from the illness on Monday.