Didi Gregorius is having what he says is his career’s worst season ever, and he’s blaming the COVID-19 vaccine for painful arthritis and swelling in his elbow.
While vaccinologists like Paul Offit at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia scoff at Gregorious’ claims, Gregorious told news reporters that he still believes the vaccine caused the debilitating condition known as pseudogout.
“Some people say it’s from the vaccine. I will say it’s likely from that, too,” Gregorius said. “But when you say that, everyone looks at you like you’re stupid because the vaccine is not supposed to be like that or give you that reaction.”
The New York Post reported that Ravina Kullar, a spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America, said she knew of two other reports of rheumatoid arthritis flares after receiving the vaccine
SOURCE: New York Post September 17, 2021