evidence: "Aaron’s tragic death is part of a wave of suspicious deaths among elderly closely following administration of COVID vaccines," Kennedy wrote on Twitter while promoting a link to a blog post by his charity titled "Home Run King Hank Aaron Dies of ‘Undisclosed Cause’ 18 Days After Receiving Moderna Vaccine." The treatment of Aaron's death by anti-vaccine activists is typical of the way the anti-vaccine movement uses elderly deaths to sow doubt over vaccines. Aaron's death is also representative of one of the central public relations challenges facing the initial roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine: That the first people being vaccinated belong to a population who — solely by the virtue of their age — are most likely to die within a short period of time following that shot regardless of vaccination. On Jan. 25 2021, the Morehouse School of Medicine released a statement in disputing any link between Aaron's death and the vaccine. "His passing was not related to the vaccine, nor did he experience any side effects from the immunization," they wrote. "He passed away peacefully in his sleep." The Fulton County Medical Examiner's office, as well, concluded that there was no indication that the COVID-19 vaccine was a contributing factor in his death.