Pro-vaccine advocate and Washington Post editor Fred Hiatt has died of a sudden cardiac arrest. He was 66.
Hiatt was known as a neo-conservative, who strongly opposed President Trump and new conservative leaders like Ron DeSantis. He was also a strong advocate of vaccine mandates, writing that “the right’s reckless anti-vaccine campaign is not mere pandering. It’s fatal.”
From the Washington Post Editorial Board: The right’s reckless anti-vaccine campaign is not mere pandering. It’s fatal. @postopinions https://t.co/aRUgleDDfw
— Fred Hiatt (@hiattf) July 15, 2021
While it’s impossible to know what caused Hiatt’s cardiac arrest, some sources are pointing towards a supposed increase in cardiac-related deaths in 2021.
NBC News has also reported as a “higher-than-usual number of cases of a type of heart inflammation [that] has been reported following Covid-19 vaccination.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Mr. Hiatt’s family.