Canadian television reporter, Jessica Robb, had an on-air medical emergency during one of her reports. You would think that would mean people would rally around her to help her and give her support.
Unfortunately, you'd be wrong.
Robb faced an overwhelming amount of hatred on social media after the incident. Robb works for CTV network in Edmonton, Alberta. She was delivering a report when her speech stalled and she became unsteady on her feet.
In the video, you can hear Robb apologize to one of the anchors.
“Sorry, Nahreman. I’m not feeling very well right now and I’m about to ...”
Robb's body wobbled a little before the camera cut away.
The anchor told viewers they will make sure Robb is OK.
“We will make sure that Jessica is OK, and we’ll give you guys an update a little bit later.”
In a later update viewers are told Robb is resting.
You can see the video here:
\u201cA very scary situation. Canadian TV reporter Jessica Robb suffers a medical emergency live on the air. CTV Edmonton says she is \u201cbetter\u201d, and Robb says she is now \u201cokay\u201d, and has thanked everyone for their support.\u201d— Mike Sington (@Mike Sington) 1673310221
Instead of the outpouring of support Robb should have gotten from her fellow humans, she received a lot of hate and speculation about what happened from anti-vaxxers.
Robb was forced to respond to the hate with a statement where she confirmed the incident was in no way related to the COVID-19 vaccine.
\u201c@IrvineEmerson Thank you for posting this.\u201d— Mike Sington (@Mike Sington) 1673310221
She wrote:
"I have also received an overwhelming amount of harassment and hatred, tied to false theories about the reason for the incident."
"While I will not share private medical information publicly, I can say that there is no cause for concern and that my understanding of my own medical background provides a reasonable explanation for what happened."
"I can, however, confirm that the situation was in no way related to the COVID-19 vaccine.”
But anti-vaxxers were undeterred.
\u201c@IrvineEmerson @MikeSington Vaxxers should be ashamed you blind clown.\u201d— Mike Sington (@Mike Sington) 1673310221
\u201c@IrvineEmerson @MikeSington Iv seen 4 people pass out on tv within the last week. Broadcaster for Atlanta hawks basketball. Male basketball college player. NFL player. And this ctv gal. That\u2019s weird don\u2019t you think?\u201d— Mike Sington (@Mike Sington) 1673310221
\u201c@IrvineEmerson @MikeSington Yea cause there\u2019s nothing strange going on. \ud83e\udd21\u201d— Mike Sington (@Mike Sington) 1673310221
\u201c@IrvineEmerson @MikeSington Oh, you mean like how vaxxers harassed and name-called anti-vaxxers murderers and every other vile name known to man? I don't think harassment of anyone is the way to live life, but we ALL have every right to question a correlation between the Covid \ud83d\udc89 and what happened!\u201d— Mike Sington (@Mike Sington) 1673310221
\u201c@IrvineEmerson @MikeSington She doesn\u2019t know what caused the episode but she knows that it definitely wasn\u2019t the Covid vaccine \ud83e\udd21 \ud83e\udd21 \ud83e\udd21\u201d— Mike Sington (@Mike Sington) 1673310221
\u201c@IrvineEmerson @MikeSington People should be ashamed for pointing out that this keeps happening and it was more than likely the jab? You really want to live in a world where people can\u2019t point at the elephant in the room? Go live in China.\u201d— Mike Sington (@Mike Sington) 1673310221
\u201c@RowS96432570 @MikeSington As per usual the only data released is that it couldn\u2019t possibly be the vaxx lol.\u201d— Mike Sington (@Mike Sington) 1673310221
What all of the people spewing hate seemed to be missing was empathy.
Based on Robb's statement, it is clear she has an idea what caused the medical emergency based on her knowing her own medical history.
However, even if the reaction were caused by a vaccine, a pre-disposed medical condition or any other possible reason, the reaction to another human being having a possibly life threatening medical emergency should have been support and empathy and not harassment and hate.
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