Letitia Wright Embroiled in Anti-Vax Controversy on Twitter

10:01 PM PST 12/3/2020 by Abid Rahman Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Letitia Wright The ‘Black Panther’ star faced a backlash after posting a fact-free YouTube video that questioned the efficacy and safety of a potential COVID-19 vaccine and vaccines generally. Letitia Wright faced a Twitter backlash on Thursday night after posting a link to a YouTube video questioning whether people should take any prospective COVID-19 vaccine and the safety of vaccines generally. The Black Panther star tweeted a video from On The Table, a YouTube discussion channel, where the presenter opined at length about the efficacy of vaccines, the dangers of taking them and the supposed origins of the ingredients of a COVID-19 vaccine.  “I don’t understand vaccines medically, but I’ve always been a little bit of a skeptic of them,” the presenter Tomi Arayomi says towards the beginning of his fact-free monologue which was full of personal anecdotes and his own feelings on vaccines generally. After Wright had posted the video to Twitter with the prayer hands emoji, she quickly became embroiled in arguments with users taking her to task for using her platform to spread misinformation on vaccines. The British actress, who is currently starring in Steve McQueen’s acclaimed Small Axe anthology…
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