Lawmaker Has Amputation Due To Blood Clots, Vaccine Doubted As Culprit

(Providence, RI)--A Rhode Island state legislator says she had to have a leg amputated.State Senator Jeanine Calkin said the life-saving procedure at Rhode Island Hospital was performed on Friday due to blood-clotting caused by an infection.Calkin said there is no reason to believe the blood-clotting was related to receiving the coronavirus vaccine.A spokesperson for the senator told WPRI-TV Calkin did not receive the Johnson and Johnson shot.

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