Letitia Wright has been criticized on social media this week for sharing an anti-vax COVID video.
Per BBC News, the trouble began when the 27-year-old actress took to her official Twitter account to share a video with her 366,000 fans and followers.
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The video in question, which has since been retweeted more than 3,000 times, sees presenter Tomi Arayomi explains he is a "big skeptic of needles and vaccinations in general."
Arayomi then goes on to state that he does "understand vaccines medically".
After a number of social media users criticized the Black Panther star and accused her of spreading dangerous misinformation, Wright returned to Twitter to post a follow-up response.
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She wrote:
"It is not my intention to make anyone upset, nor am I saying don't take it. I'm just concerned about what's in it that's all. Isn't that fair to question?"
Wright appeared to stand by her comments - albeit while clarifying them - in follow up messages posted to Twitter.
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Wright added:
"If you don’t conform to popular opinions. but ask questions and think for yourself....you get canceled.
"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. [sic]"
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According to BBC disinformation reporter Marianna Spring, conspiracy theories on the Covid-19 vaccine have been rife on social media lately.
Per BBC News, Spring states: "Baseless conspiracy theories about a coronavirus vaccine have been spreading on social media for months - and the latest vaccine news rekindled these pre-existing narratives online.
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She adds: "Within hours of news breaking about the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, comments and memes suggesting it will deliberately harm us were popping up in local Facebook groups, parent chats, and on Instagram.
"This kind of disinformation is worlds away from legitimate concerns that a vaccine is safe and properly tested."
Meanwhile, former presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush have said that they're willing to take the vaccine for COVID-19 publicly to help build the public's trust in it.