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  • IvoOpstelten@lemmynsfw.comtoCelebs@lemmynsfw.com•*Permanently Deleted*
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    1 year ago

    I disagree with her about the covid vaccine as well, but “walking red flag” is a bit much for me. I think it’s great she’s president of the screen actor’s guild, that she’s anticapitalist and supports the green party.

    She has some perhaps odd thoughts on the covid vaccine, but all in all I just think you were a bit harsh. Her position seems relatively nuanced (albeit quite anti medical establishment which I think can be quite harmful and dangerous).

    Drescher is vaccinated, but she is also against vaccine mandates. Last November, she applauded Disney for dropping its mandate on a dozen shows. Her position puts her in the minority on her own national board, but Drescher has nevertheless done what she can to keep the issue alive.

    The union recently conducted a member survey, in which 26% said they, too, oppose the mandates, while 67% said they support them.

    “I’m in a minority in terms of feeling like, as a labor union, my obligation is to make sure that all of my members get an equal opportunity to work,” Drescher said.

    She said she supports measures to stop the spread of the illness on sets.

    “But that doesn’t necessarily mean the vaccine, because not everybody can take the vaccine,” she said. “And other people don’t want to because they live so healthfully.”

    In general, she said, there is a difference of opinion between people who trust the Centers for Disease Control and other public health authorities, and those who believe the vaccine causes harmful side effects.

    “Some people connect dots. Other people refuse to connect those dots,” she said. “And so my thoughts are that somewhere in the middle, there’s the truth. And I don’t believe that it’s really known yet. And I think that when it comes to what we do with our bodies, that should be a personal choice.”

    She noted that the number of productions mandating the vaccine has declined, and she expects that trend to continue as the U.S. comes out of the COVID emergency.

    “I have been outspoken about my position on this, but I’m really only one person,” she said. “It’s not a dictatorship. And I have kept the conversation alive.”

    https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/fran-drescher-sag-aftra-contract-talks-alec-baldwin-vaccines-1235517073/