British pro athlete who pushed vaccine ‘dies suddenly’

British professional soccer player Maddy Cusack was found dead last week at age 27. While a cause of death has not been speculated, Derbyshire Police said Monday they are not treating the death as suspicious.

Cusack was vice-captain of the Sheffield United women’s team, which held a moment of silence in her honor before its match Sunday. Players wore shirts sporting the number eight, which was Cusack’s number. In the eighth minute of the game, fans honored her with a minute's applause.

"Sheffield United Football Club is devastated to report the sad news of the passing of Maddy Cusack," Sheffield United Football Club said in a statement. “Maddy, a women's team player since 2019 and marketing executive for the Football Club, passed away on Wednesday.”

In 2021 as part of a partnership with the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), Cusack promoted the COVID-19 vaccine which she promised to take to protect her friends and family.

“My name is Maddy Cusack and I play football for Sheffield United Women. I’m going to have my vaccine when I’m invited to, and I’m going to have my vaccine to ensure I keep my friends and family safe,” she said in a video.

British authorities have been mystified for months over an increase in unexplained deaths, which has academics and media operatives searching for answers. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), between May and December last year there were 32,000 more deaths than the five-year national average, excluding deaths from COVID-19. Cumulative deaths are highest among the 15–44 age group.

Several hypotheses have been put forward, including UK Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty’s claim that the deaths were caused by a drop in heart medication prescriptions, though no such drop was found. Others tried blaming the deaths on doctors’ strikes, though the British Medical Association refuted this claim as well. In May, the Mirror suggested “climate change” may be a factor because “[h]eat in particular persistently returns during the summer, and given climate change will only continue to pose such a fatal threat.”

Now “medical experts” are calling for an investigation into the excess deaths, primarily out of concern that the COVID-19 vaccines might be blamed.

Visiting doctor service Doctorcall Medical Director Dr. Charles Levinson says the government’s “radio silence” is giving way to “dangerous theories,” which Express UK clarifies are coming from “anti-vaxxers.”

“A refusal to openly discuss these statistics is an abdication of responsibility from parts of the scientific community, leading to an irreversible erosion of trust by parts of society,” said Levinson. “There has been radio silence on the crisis from almost all, leaving a vacuum which is being filled by dangerous theories.”

Oxford University’s Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Director Professor Carl Heneghan also called for an investigation into the rising death toll, though he said any suggestion involving vaccines is “wild speculation.”

“There has been a complete failure by the Government to investigate these deaths correctly. This means we don’t know how to prevent further unnecessary deaths, fuelling wild speculation about the drivers,” said Heneghan.

Another worrying and so far “unexplained” trend in Great Britain is a 50% increase in heart arrhythmia. Around 1 in 45 Britons now suffer from atrial fibrillation, or irregular heartbeat, according to the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

The BHF analyzed data from the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) and found that the number of atrial fibrillation cases has “astonishingly” topped 1.5 million, a rapid growth from one million cases in 2013.

Atrial fibrillation is the most common form of heart arrhythmia. Without treatment, it can cause blood clots to form in the heart which increase the chance of stroke. While symptoms can include dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat and others, there are sometimes no obvious symptoms at all.

According to Sky News, the BHF believes there may be an additional 270,000 with the illness who are unaware of it.