Lewis Hamilton, a contemporary Formula One world champion, has apologized for his recent Instagram story post in which he inadvertently propagated a message of anti-vaccination to his numerous followers on social media.
The Mercedes driver, who is now 35 year old, has received negative reviews after the said most on Monday, the video clearly spreading a message of unwarranted opposition to Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, accusing him of lying in concern with the coronavirus vaccine tests. The said video was created by King Bach, a famous social media personality, which is based on a CBSN interview that Gates did on the subject of vaccination and combating the source of the virus.
In the interview, Gates vehemently wades off any claims of unsafe side effects that may be induced by the coronavirus vaccines. The interview touched upon many other rumours concerning his development of the virus, including the most science fiction-like version of the story, which is that he is trying to put microchips in the injections while giving out these vaccines.
King Bach, real name Andrew Bachelor, simply writes in an overriding caption with a laughing emoji, saying: “I remember when I told my first lie.” Hamilton had shared this without any further comments. Based on the fact that he did not put any additional adage to the shared content, he went on to address the elephant in the room:
“I’ve noticed some comments on my earlier post around the coronavirus vaccine, and want to clarify my thoughts on it, as I understand why they might have been misinterpreted,” he told his 18.3 million followers.
Hamilton claimed it was a matter of misinterpretation, saying that he still has “a lot of respect for the charity work Bill Gates does.”
“I’m not against a vaccine and no doubt it will be important in the fight against coronavirus, and I’m hopeful for its development to help save lives,” he wrote.
“However after watching the video, I felt it showed that there is still a lot of uncertainty about the side effects most importantly and how it is going to be funded. I may not always get my posting right” but “I’m learning.
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One Twitter user had previously exclaimed: “All your fantastic work with BLM is thrown right out the window with your one single Instagram post. You’re surrounded by incredibly smart people daily. You cannot honestly hold an opinion so dumb and unfounded in science. Explain yourself.”
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