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Did Lilly Kimbell Die Suddenly From Vaccine SADS?!

Claim : Lilly Kimbell Died From COVID-19 Vaccine SADS!

Right after news broke that Lilly Kimbell died suddenly, people immediately claimed that the 31 year-old former Georgia Bulldogs tennis star died from COVID-19 vaccine SADS!

Vince Clements : DIED SUDDENLY/CARDIAC ARREST: Lilly Kimbell, 31, Former Georgia Bulldogs Tennis Player.
THE DAY OF RECKONING IS COMING!

Jazziette Devereaux : Another one. Cardiac. 😢Is this from the vaccines? So many young athletes dying suddenly. #DiedSuddendly

Dr. Alejandro Diaz : Too many young people are dying suddenly around the globe. Lilly Kimbell a former Georgia Bulldogs tennis player, died suddenly and unexpectedly Sunday from a heart attack at age 31. Something is extremely wrong RIP 🙏🏼 #awake #DiedSuddendly

Truth : Lilly Kimbell Did Not Die From Vaccine SADS!

It’s now tradition for anti-vaccination activists to immediately blame all athlete deaths or illnesses on the COVID-19 vaccine.

This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS created and propagated by anti-vaccination activists, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Lilly Kimbell Was Former Georgia Bulldogs Tennis Star

A native of New Braunfels, Texas, Lilly Kimbell became a member of the University of Georgia 2011-2014 tennis squad. During her time with the University of Georgia Bulldogs, Kimbell registered 197 combined wins – 109 doubles, and 88 singles. She also holds the record for the most consecutive doubles wins in a season.

Lilly Kimbell earned her bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Science in 2014, followed by a masters in Sport Management in 2016. Since then, she has served as an assistant tennis coach at Eastern Illinois, as well as St. Mary’s in San Antonio. She also worked for the Addision Group, Supreme Lending and Paycom in the Dallas area.

On Tuesday, February 7, 2023, the Georgia Bulldogs team announced that she passed away two days ago – on Sunday, February 5.

Fact #2 : Lilly Kimbell Died From A Heart Attack

Claims that Lilly Kimbell died from a cardiac arrest are unfounded.

According to several family members, Lilly Kimbell had existing health issues that began with “a kidney issue“, and she suffered a massive heart attack from her existing health issues.

Her father, Tim, as well as paramedics who arrived, performed CPR on her, but by the time she was taken to the hospital, it was determined that her brain was too damaged from a lack of oxygen, and she was eventually taken off life support.

Her cousin, Angie Cozzetto, posted this on February 6, 2023:

Please pray for my sweet cousin, Lilly Fern. She was taken off life support today. Our whole family could use your prayers as we are devastated for this huge and unexpected loss 😢💔

From my Aunt Judy—

It is my horrible duty to let everyone know that our daughter, Lilly Kimbell has passed away. She had some health issues that started with a kidney issue and ended up with a massive heart attack resulting from those issues. Tim tried to do CPR, as did the ambulance people. By the time they got to the hospital she had been without oxygen for too long. Her brain was too damaged and we let her go today.

I will not be able to answer any personal messages because we are too traumatized. I just wanted everyone to know. She loved all of her friends, as do I. She is an organ donor for multiple recipients, and so someone will be now seeing with her eyesight. It’s really a shame they couldn’t capture her doubles ability. Love you all.

Her sister, Samantha Gillas posted this on February 7, 2023:

Yesterday heaven gained another angel. My sister Lilly passed away. She had some kidney issue we don’t know how it happened but ended up with a massive heart attack. Her brain was without oxygen for too long and we had to let her go yesterday. I really don’t know what to say. I am lost for words and in complete shock, but at the same time I have so much I could say. It all seems so surreal and I’m just waiting to wake up from this bad dream and I’ll see you coming downstairs.

Fact #3 : Heart Disease Is Common With Kidney Disease

It is unknown what kidney disease Lilly Kimbell suffered from, but her family has said that she had existing kidney disease, which would suggest a chronic kidney disease.

People with kidney disease are more likely to get heart disease… and die from it. In fact, heart disease is the most common cause of death for people with kidney disease!

Fact #4 : University Of Georgia Never Had A Vaccine Mandate

Some of those who blame the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for Lilly Kimbell’s death are ignoring two critical points:

Lilly Kimbell left the University of Georgia by 2014, or 2016 at the latest.
The University of Georgia (UGA) does not have a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

The University System of Georgia and the University of Georgia strongly encourage you to get vaccinated. Pursuant to state and University System of Georgia (USG) rules, we cannot ask our students for proof of their vaccination status, and we should not treat vaccinated and un-vaccinated individuals differently unless dictated by law or applicable guidance.

Even if Lilly Kimbell was still a student or a faculty member, she would not have been required to get the COVID-19 vaccine. But the truth is – she left UGA years ago, and had been living in Dallas, Texas.

Fact #5 : Unknown If Lilly Kimbell Was Vaccinated Against COVID-19

It is currently unknown if Lilly Kimbell was ever vaccinated against COVID-19, so it would be wrong for anyone to claim that she died from COVID-19 vaccine side effects.

For all we know – she may not even be vaccinated! The COVID-19 vaccine is not mandatory in the United States, despite what anti-vaccination activists may claim.

In fact, many people who were injured or died suddenly were actually unvaccinated, like Kris Jordan, Aaron Carter, Kirstie Alley, Stephan Bonnar, Shane Macaulay, David Wayne Burleson, and Kaden Clymer.

Unless her family reveals her vaccination status, anyone who tells you that Lilly Kimbell was fully-vaccinated and died from the vaccine is likely lying to you.

Fact #6 : COVID-19 Vaccine Injury Claims Often Proven False

Claims of athlete deaths / injuries due to the COVID-19 vaccine are often proven false. Here is the latest dozen cases I fact checked recently.

Will these anti-vaccination activists apologise for lying to you? Nope! They will just move on to the next athlete tragedy…

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Was CGTN Caught Faking The Peng Shuai Email?

What Peng Shuai Email? A Quick Update!

On 2 November 2021, Chinese tennis star, Peng Shuai accused retired Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of pressuring her into having sex on Weibo (China’s version of Twitter).

On 14 November 2021, Steve Simon – the WTA Chairman and CEO released a public statement calling for her allegations to be “investigated fully, fairly, transparently and without censorship“.

On 18 November 2021, CGTN posted on Twitter what they claimed was an email to Steve Simon, the WTA Chairman and CEO.

In that email, Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai allegedly refuted her earlier claims of sexual assault by former Chinese vice premier Zhang Gaoli.

Hello everyone this is Peng Shuai.

Regarding the recent news released on the official website of the WTA, the content has not been confirmed or verified by myself and it was released without my consent. The news in that release, including the allegation of sexual assault, is not true. I’m not missing, nor am I unsafe. I’ve just been resting at home and everything is fine. Thank you again for caring about me.

If the WTA publishes any more news about me, please verify it with me, and release it with my consent. As a professional tennis player, I thank you all for your companionship and consideration. I hope to promote Chinese tennis with you all if I have the chance in the future. I hope Chinese tennis will become better and better.

Once again, thank you for your consideration.

Was CGTN Caught Faking The Peng Shuai Email?

At first glance, the email that CGTN posted looked like your typical “written under duress” note, with awkward language. But who can refute it since Peng Shuai has not been seen since making her allegations?

Unfortunately, CGTN screwed up, by accidentally making TWO mistakes :

addressing the email to “everyone“, instead of Steve Simon, and
posting the screenshot with a visible cursor!

Hello Everyone???

This email was supposedly written by Peng Shuai as a private message to Steve Simon, in response to his public statement.

Yet, the writer addressed it to “everyone”, instead of Steve Simon, the WTA Chairman and CEO.

If this was meant to be a public statement, Peng Shuai would have emailed it to media outlets worldwide, not just Steve Simon.

CGTN also framed it as a private email from Peng Shuai to Steve Simon, the contents of which they “learned” after it was sent.

Yet, not only was it addressed to “everyone”, the entire email sounds like it was written for a mass audience and not just Steve Simon, with phrases like :

I thank you all…
I hope to promote Chinese tennis with you all…

A Blinking Cursor???

The presence of the cursor clearly tells us that the email was being written when that screenshot was taken. It won’t appear if you are merely reading the email.

There are several possibilities for a cursor to appear in the screenshot :

Peng Shuai wrote it and sent CGTN a screenshot of the draft, instead of CCing them the email like what anyone else would have done. The presence of the active cursor meant that the email was still being written, and may not be the final version.
Someone punked CGTN by sending them a fabricated email, which they posted without verifying with Peng Shuai herself.
The email was fabricated by someone at CGTN pretending to be Peng Shuai. That is the only way CGTN can possibly take a screenshot of an email with an active cursor.

Now, it is not possible to determine with certainty that CGTN faked the Peng Shuai email. It could be someone else. But it’s not hard to see why no one believes that the email was really written by Peng Shuai.

No matter how you slice and dice it, that pesky cursor makes the Peng Shuai email incredibly suspicious… or as our younger readers may say – very sus…

WTA Chairman and CEO, Steve Simon, said, “I have a hard time believing that Peng Shuai actually wrote the email we received or believes what is attributed to her“.

Peng Shuai vs. Zhang Gaoli : A Quick Primer!

For those who missed the developing scandal involving the Chinese tennis star, here’s a quick summary…

On 2 November 2021, Peng Shuai accused retired Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault in a 1,600 word post on her official Weibo account.

Written like an open letter to Zhang Gaoli, she claimed that they had an intermittent relationship over 10 years.

“Why did you have to come back to me, took me to your home to force me to have sex with you? Yes, I did not have any evidence, and it was simply impossible to have evidence”

“I couldn’t describe how disgusted I was, and how many times I asked myself am I still a human? I feel like a walking corpse. Every day I was acting, which person is the real me?”

“I know that for someone of your eminence, Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, you said you were not afraid. But even if it’s just me, like an egg hitting the stone, a moth flying into flames, courting self-destruction, I would tell the truth about us.”

Her post was quickly deleted from Weibo – in less than 10 minutes, but Chinese netizens took screenshots of it. They were shared widely, but were soon censored.

Peng Shuai has not been seen since she posted her accusations on Weibo.

As a result, tennis fans and netizens in general are incensed, with calls to #BoycottBeijingOlympics and #BoycottBeijing2022 increasing on social media.