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Apr 7, 2021
A lot of celebrities are encouraging Americans to get the COVID-19 vaccination, and now you can add Morgan Freeman to the list.
In a new video for The Creative Coalition and the National Blue Ribbon Task Force, the 86-year-old actor says, I’m told that, for some reason, people trust me . If you trust me, you’ll get the vaccine.
If you look on Twitter, that trust seems to stem from Freeman s role as God in a couple of movies ( Bruce Almighty and Evan Almighty ).
Freeman notes his recommendation comes because he trusts science behind the shot. And on Twitter, he says he s fully vaxed and wearing a mask and social distancing.
“Please,” he implored one last time in support of COVID-19 shots.
We trust science, we trust @morgan freeman, and we are asking you to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Take care of one another. Help make our world a safe place for us to enjoy ourselves again. (Thanks to the National Blue Ribbon Task Force & our sponsors.) https://t.co/R9e3eig9Ut Creative Coalition (@TheCreativeC) April 5, 2021
Viewers were split as to whether the actor’s activism was appropriate, given his absence of medical expertise.
“You’re an actor someone who gets paid to act in a movie,” responded one viewer on the nonprofit organization’s YouTube page. “No one ‘trusts’ you.”
Morgan Freeman PSA “Be There. This Is Your Shot” He’s referred to as “the voice of God,” but not even the Heavenly Father can intervene on the decision of many Black folks to sit out the COVID-19 vaccine, based on America’s history of doctors experimenting on Black bodies.
Still, the 83-year-old actor has been recruited to star in a new PSA for The Creative Coalition and the National Blue Ribbon Task Force encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The spot, titled “Be There. This Is Your Shot,” urges Americans to “take care of one another.”
“I’m not a doctor, but I trust science. And I’m told that, for some reason, people trust me,” Freeman says in the new PSA. “So here I am to say I trust science and I got the vaccine. If you trust me, you’ll get the vaccine. In math, it’s called the distributive property. In people, it’s called taking care of one another. Get the vaccine. Help make our world a safe place for us to enjoy ourselves again.