More Likely that You'll be Hit by Lightning?
Re-analysis of those 4 FIFA sudden deaths in a 4-day span
With about 270 people struck by lightning per year from 2009 to 2018 on average, the annual chance of being struck is 1 in 1.2 million.
But those chances are still good when compared to the chance to see 4 sudden cardiac deaths occur within 4 days among FIFA professional football (soccer) players.
Here is the record of the deaths:
And here is an analysis of the probability of the 4 deaths occurring by chance, rather than being related to COVID vaccination:
As you can see in Row 15, you wouldn’t see 4 FIFA deaths in 4 days even 1 time in a million. In fact, being struck by lightning has a greater chance of occurring.
If someone says that sudden cardiac deaths in professional athletes are just coincidental, ask them if lightning is “coincidental,” because being struck by lightning is more likely than those 4 deaths occurring by chance alone.
Because of how improbable it is, it is one of the strongest “safety signals” that you will see in data. If someone is willing to ignore one of the strongest “safety signals” that you will ever see in data, question their sanity.
Almost a full year of sudden cardiac death was packed into an interval just 4 days long.