news Letitia Wright Reacts to Anti-Vax Outrage After Posting Video Questioning Covid Vaccine

Marvel star Letitia Wright has responded to fans left outraged by her decision to share a video on social media Thursday night questioning the coronavirus vaccine and vaccines in general. “My intention was not to hurt anyone,” the “Black Panther” actress posted on Twitter early Friday morning. “My only intention of posting the video was it raised my concerns with what the vaccine contains and what we are putting in our bodies. Nothing else.”

Wright’s since-deleted Thursday night post included the prayer hands emoji along with a 69-minute YouTube video from the “On the Table” channel. The video is hosted by Light London Church leader Tomi Arayomi and finds him questioning the legitimacy of the Covid-19 vaccine. Variety noted the video also contained climate change skepticism and transphobic comments. Wright was labeled an anti-vaxxer after sharing the video and initially responded to the backlash by posting: “If you don’t conform to popular opinions. but ask questions and think for yourself….you get cancelled.”

As fans condemned Wright for sharing the video, the actress started defending herself in replies. One fan called Wright’s post “embarrassing” and encouraged her to look up videos on the vaccine posted by qualified doctors, to which Wright answered: “My point has been made. You said go and look up qualified doctors. I did. They shared. They also got cancelled. So what now?”

“Totally respect what you are saying here,” Wright replied to another fan urging her to be more informed on the matter. “I’ve also heard from medically qualified doctors who got their articles and videos taken down. Am I still wrong to question whats going on?”

Don Cheadle, Wright’s co-star in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, called the “On the Table” video “hot garbage” when pressed for a reaction by fans online. While the actor does not agree with the video, he said he would not “throw [Wright] away” because she posted it.

“Jesus. Just scrolled through. Hot garbage. Every time I stopped and listened, he and everything he said sounded crazy and [fucked] up,” Cheadle wrote. “I would never defend anybody posting this. But i still won’t throw her away over it. The rest i’ll take off twitter.”

Wright earned rave reviews for her performance in Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” entry “Mangrove,” which is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The actress is expected to take an even more central role in the upcoming Marvel tentpole “Black Panther 2.”

my intention was not to hurt anyone, my ONLY intention of posting the video was it raised my concerns with what the vaccine contains and what we are putting in our bodies.

Nothing else.

— Letitia Wright (@letitiawright) December 4, 2020

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so I’m not allowed to ask…gotcha x

— Letitia Wright (@letitiawright) December 4, 2020

my point has been made. you said go and look up qualified doctors. I did. they shared. They also got cancelled. So what now
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— Letitia Wright (@letitiawright) December 4, 2020

totally respect what you are saying here. I’ve also heard from medically qualified doctors who got their articles and videos taken down. Am I still wrong to question whats going on?

— Letitia Wright (@letitiawright) December 4, 2020

if you don’t conform to popular opinions. but ask questions and think for yourself….you get cancelled
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— Letitia Wright (@letitiawright) December 4, 2020

jesus… just scrolled through. hot garbage. every time i stopped and listened, he and everything he said sounded crazy and fkkkd up. i would never defend anybody posting this. but i still won’t throw her away over it. the rest i’ll take off twitter. had no idea. https://t.co/7uDlP1xwDL

— Don “bruh, you lost” Cheadle (@DonCheadle) December 4, 2020
 
Well as I've said before here on IT

" with the swine flu the govt inoculation ended up giving 10% of people a neurological disorder."

It's prudent to be cautious about a medicine that was developed in 10 months when the process normally takes 10 years.

But asking questions and being cautious is different than questioning vaccines in general.
It's irresponsible to be an ignorant celebrity and promote conspiracy theories that you don't understand the science of.

Why are actors in such a hurry to get involved in politics
 
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If you're talking about Guillan-Barré syndrome (GBS), the numbers are much lower than that, and the question of whether there is a causal relationship is still up for debate.

https://www.livescience.com/21504-swine-flu-vaccine-nerve-disorder-gbs.html
Life in the misinformation age lol.
I can't even remember where I heard the 10% number from at this point.

But I'm not surprised that there is a debate about it - there is still a debate about if the earth is flat or not too.
I feel like literally anything on the internet you can do a search and find a contradictory article its sad.
 
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