“Black Panther” star Letitia Wright responded Thursday to main backlash after posting an anti-vaccination video from a self-described “prophet” and introducing it with a prayer-hands emoji. She deleted the tweet Friday morning, however a screengrab is right here:

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Folks on Twitter criticized Wright for spreading misinformation and worry at a time when skepticism a few coronavirus vaccine may discourage folks from taking the shot. Meals and Drug Administration advisory panels are set to overview two vaccines this month for potential emergency approval.

“If you happen to don’t conform to in style opinions. however ask questions and suppose for your self….you get cancelled,” wrote Wright, who performed Shuri within the Marvel superhero hit and in two “Avengers” movies.

in case you don’t conform to in style opinions. however ask questions and suppose for your self….you get cancelled

— Letitia Wright (@letitiawright) December 4, 2020

Wright continued her protection on Friday morning, tweeting: “My intention was to not damage anybody, my ONLY intention of posting the video was it raised my issues with what the vaccine accommodates and what we’re placing in our our bodies.”

Certainly one of her most distinguished critics on Thursday was “Avengers: Endgame” co-star Don Cheadle, who referred to as the clip “sizzling rubbish” and “fkkkd up” after a earlier lighthearted response.

jesus… simply scrolled by way of. sizzling rubbish. each time i ended and listened, he and all the pieces he mentioned sounded loopy and fkkkd up. i’d by no means defend anyone posting this. however i nonetheless will not throw her away over it. the remainder i am going to take off twitter. had no concept. https://t.co/7uDlP1xwDL

— Don “bruh, you misplaced” Cheadle (@DonCheadle) December 4, 2020

“I’d by no means defend anyone posting this. however i nonetheless gained’t throw her away over it. the remainder i’ll take off twitter. had no concept,” Cheadle wrote.

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One other actor, Alex Sawyer, referred to as Wright’s submit a “frustratingly irresponsible use of a platform.”

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This can be a frustratingly irresponsible use of a platform.

— Alex Sawyer (@AJSawyer) December 4, 2020

Wright shared a video titled “Covid-19 Vaccine: Ought to We Take It?” The host, Tomi Arayomi, expressed reservations about vaccines normally and the pending coronavirus photographs particularly.

Arayomi mentioned that worry was killing folks, not COVID-19, and that the physique ought to have the ability to produce antibodies by itself to efficiently combat viruses. That view defies the fact of greater than 276,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths and file numbers of recent infections and hospitalizations.

On his Fb web page, Arayomi calls himself “a nicely recognised Prophet and the Managing Director of Prophetic Voice TV.” He mentioned he’s been banned from posting on YouTube for every week.

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