{"id":769563,"date":"2022-01-28T07:17:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T07:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/28\/ant-man-star-evangeline-lilly-protests-vaccine-mandates\/"},"modified":"2022-01-28T07:17:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T07:17:45","slug":"ant-man-star-evangeline-lilly-protests-vaccine-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/28\/ant-man-star-evangeline-lilly-protests-vaccine-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"'Ant-Man' star Evangeline Lilly protests vaccine mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marvel’s \u201cAnt-Man\u201d franchise star Evangeline Lilly took to Instagram, revealing that she was at a Washington DC rally in “support of bodily sovereignty,” and protesting Covid-19 vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n

“I believe nobody should ever be forced to inject their body with anything, against their will, under threat of: violent attack, arrest or detention without trial, loss of employment, homelessness, starvation, loss of education, alienation from loved ones, excommunication from society under any threat whatsoever,” wrote the actress.<\/p>\n

“This is not the way. This is not safe. This is not healthy. This is not love. I understand the world is in fear, but I don’t believe that answering fear with force will fix our problems,” she added.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Evangeline Lilly (@evangelinelillyofficial)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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In fact, nearly every medical body of any merit says there is nothing to fear from Covid vaccines. <\/p>\n

Most strongly encourage them including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centre for Disease Control, reports deadline.com.<\/p>\n

Lilly added: “I was pro choice before Covid and I am still pro choice today.”<\/p>\n

Lilly is the second Marvel actress to have expressed reservations against vaccines.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Black Panther star Letitia Wright shared an anti-vax video on social media, then temporarily deactivated her Twitter and Instagram accounts before apologising and saying she didn’t mean to hurt anyone.<\/p>\n

Also in 2020, Lilly wrote on Instagram that she would not social distance.<\/p>\n

She later walked back those comments saying: “want to offer my sincere and heartfelt apology for the insensitivity I showed in my previous post to the very real suffering and fear that has gripped the world through Covid-19.”<\/p>\n

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“Grandparents, parents, children, sisters and brothers are dying, the world is rallying to find a way to stop this very real threat, and my ensuing silence has sent a dismissive, arrogant and cryptic message.”<\/p>\n

Lilly plays Hope van Dyne in the ‘Ant-Man’ franchise. \u201cAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania\u201d has wrapped and will be seen in theatres on July 28, 2023.<\/p>\n