Fans online are not happy to hear that actress Jessica Biel is apparently now an anti-vaxxer.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Byl1y56lLOO/?utm_source=ig_embed
Tuesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental activist who has since pivoted to focus on espousing the idea that vaccines can have adverse effects on “medically fragile” children, appeared at the California State Assembly with some added star power.
Biel joined Kennedy Jr. to lobby against SB 276, a state bill that would limit medical exemptions from vaccinations without approval from a state public health officer.
Further social media posts from other California legislators confirm that Biel was expressing her own personal anti-vaxx views while attending the assembly.
. @JessicaBiel came by the State Capitol yesterday to chat about parental rights. I was impressed by her sincerity. pic.twitter.com/hWHbEhsAzb
— Assemblyman Lackey 👮♂️ (@TomLackey36) June 12, 2019
Welcome to #caleg, @RobertKennedyJr and @JessicaBiel! Thank you for taking the time to chat about your opposition to #SB276. #caleg #NoOnSB276 pic.twitter.com/AkkWRbPSJk
— Brian W. Jones (@SenBrianJones) June 12, 2019
Inklings of Biel’s anti-vaxxer sentiments have been noticed previously. In 2015, an anonymous source told In Touch that Biel and her husband Justin Timberlake would allegedly abstain from vaccinating their then 7-month-old son. “Jessica is refusing to vaccinate him. She feels that vaccination could cause complications,” said the source.
So far, public reaction to this development has not been kind to Biel. People on Twitter are absolutely tearing Biel apart for her decision to help support a movement that puts the lives of children at risk from easily preventable diseases.
https://twitter.com/pariyaaaaaaaa/status/1138991658148782085
jessica biel coming out as an antivaxxer represents a low point for her personally. she was once so respected, and now this? hard to believe this is the same person who heroically appeared in a single episode of johnny bravo in 2004
— america's lounge singer (@KrangTNelson) June 13, 2019
I'd say Jessica Biel needs to be cancelled for being anti-vaxx but I haven't seen her in anything since 2006.
— ally (@missmayn) June 13, 2019
so jessica biel is anti vax now ? pic.twitter.com/pgzng9b1OW
— ⚡️kittlez⁷🇵🇸 (@thor_butnotdead) June 12, 2019
And, uhh, I’ll just leave readers to connect the dots on this one.
https://twitter.com/ItsTheBrandi/status/1138987230016561155
This morning, however, in the wake of backlash, Biel tried to clarify her position on Instagram, saying she supports vaccines and was just against this one bill.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BypmonrBzwS/
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