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Kennedy is a lawyer, and it shows in his word choices. “I never said that the Moderna shot caused Aaron’s death,” Kennedy wrote in a Defender post. “I simply made the factual observation that ‘Aaron’s tragic death is part of a wave of suspicious deaths among elderly closely following administration of COVID vaccines.’” In the post, he says that he spoke to someone from the county coroner’s office—who he refers to by first but not last name—and they told him that nobody at the office had examined Aaron’s body or performed an autopsy. When contacted for comment, the Communications Division of Fulton County Government sent the comprehensive statement that had been issued following Aaron’s death which reads, in part, “One of our senior medicolegal death investigators responded to his home to gain details concerning the hours prior to his death, gather medical history, and examine his body…. The FCME Senior Investigator discussed with family members the events prior to Mr. Aaron’s death including his activities and the presence or absence of medical complaints. There was no information suggestive of an allergic or anaphylactic reaction to any substance which might be attributable to recent vaccine distribution. In addition, examination of Mr. Aaron’s body did not suggest his death was due to any event other than that associated with his medical history.”

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RFK, Jr. asserts there was never an autopsy, according to a conversation he had with one of the County’s medical examiner investigator for the coroner’s office, which is consistent with the evidence reviewed. It appears that in all likelihood, a FCME senior investigator visited Aaron’s home, asked questions, looked at his body (i.e., “physical examination of his body”), and went home. If this is the extent of the examination, it means that the coroner’s office never saw Hank Aaron’s body and never performed an autopsy, as RFK Jr claims in his February 12, 2021 post, “National Media Pushes Vaccine Misinformation — Coroner’s Office Never Saw Hank Aaron’s Body.”