Does everyone and everything need to be politicized? Can’t we have one American legend, beloved by everyone, pass in peace? Someone who didn’t politicize her life? We are not even finished mourning, she hasn’t had her funeral, and the MAGAs are using Betty White’s death to falsely claim that she died of the booster shot.

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From the New York Daily News:

Betty White died of natural causes and did not receive a COVID booster shot a few days before her death, contrary to online rumors, her friend and agent Jeff Witjas said Monday.

“That’s just not true – 100% not true,” Witjas told the Daily News in a phone call. The memes about White being affected by the COVID-19 booster shot have proliferated online, with posts such as a tweet sharing the fabricated quote and captioned, “Died 3 days later! Coincidence.”

He said she had been “well taken care of” by people who were supremely careful about their shots. “She was never a political person when she lived. I would certainly hate to see her become politicized in passing.”

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WE hate seeing her passing period. The politicization of it, “using” her beautiful soul for political purposes is just beyond comprehension. Snopes believes it found where the horrific rumor started:

Nearly all of the posts included the web address of an article on the website crowrivermedia.com titled “Betty White: I’m lucky to still be in good health.” The alleged statement about vaccines and “getting boosted” are nowhere to be found in that article, or in the original People magazine interview on which it was based.

In point of fact, the statements about vaccines and booster shots attributed to her have never appeared in any legitimate news media, nor did White make or repeat them on Twitter, or anywhere else. Such evidence as we’ve been able to find indicates that White rarely, if ever, spoke publicly about COVID-19 or vaccines related to the disease.

But the MAGAs don’t need the facts from the story. If the story doesn’t mention the “December 28th booster” it’s because it’s now being covered up, this would be the typical conspiracy theory response.

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RIP, Betty. You deserved a better country.

Just look at some of these:

https://twitter.com/patjeanes/status/1477014797678006276

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