Black Panther Star Letitia Wright Deletes Twitter Account After Posting Anti-Vaxx Opinions

Black Panther star Letitia Wright has deleted her Twitter account after receiving a backlash for sharing an anti-vaccination video.

The actor was criticised following the post but claimed she was only sharing her concerns over what people were putting into their bodies.

According to reports, the video, which Wright shared with the 'praying' emoji, also caused offence for many as it contained transphobic comments, with other actors commenting on her post as well.

The End Of The F***ing World actor Alex Sawyer commented: "This is a frustratingly irresponsible use of a platform."

Following criticism over her post, Wright told her followers she was thinking for herself and that these days that means being 'cancelled'.

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She said: "If you don't conform to popular opinions. But ask questions and think for yourself... you get cancelled."

In a post, which has since been deleted, Wright said: "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."

This comes after Facebook took the step to ban all anti-vaxx content related to the coronavirus vaccine on its site.

Kang-Xing Jin, head of Facebook Health, said they won't be able to get on top of this overnight however they will work swiftly to get the problematic content removed.

"Given the recent news that Covid-19 vaccines will soon be rolling out around the world, over the coming weeks we will start removing false claims about these vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts on Facebook and Instagram," Jin said in a blog post.

"We will also remove conspiracy theories about Covid-19 vaccines that we know today are false.

"We will not be able to start enforcing these policies overnight. Since it's early and facts about Covid-19 vaccines will continue to evolve, we will regularly update the claims we remove based on guidance from public health authorities as they learn more."

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Earlier this month, the UK became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.

Millions of doses have been ordered ahead of it being rolled out across the country over the coming weeks and months.

The Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisation (JCVI) posted a list of priority groups to receive the vaccine on 2 December after the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was approved for use in the UK by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA).

1. Residents in care homes for older adults and their carers
2. People aged 80 and over and frontline health workers
3. People aged 75 and over
4. People aged 70 and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals
5. People aged 65 and over
6. People aged 16 to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality
7. People aged 60 and over
8. People aged 55 and over
9. People aged 50 and over

The list is a national prioritisation order and is not affected by the tier system that is now in place following the end of the second national lockdown.

Regulator MHRA says the vaccine is safe and will provide up to 95 percent protection against Covid-19, with immunisation potentially starting in days for those classed as high priority.

The government has already ordered doses to vaccinate 20m people - with each person needing two jabs each.

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