Laila Ali Receives Backlash On Twitter After Supporting People Who Refuse To Get Vaccinated Or Wear Masks

These days you gotta watch what you say. Laila Ali is learning the hard way.

The retired boxer is receiving a lot of social media heat after posting a statement defending people who do not wear masks and are unvaccinated, Revolt TV reported.

Ali’s comments were posted on her Instagram story but were eventually taken down. But we all know the delete button isn’t that fast, and when the damage is done, the damage is done.

Ali believes that the people refusing to masks or get vaccinated aren’t denying that the virus is out there but that they are choosing to “trust their own immune system like they have been doing their whole lives.” And adding that they are exercising a “God given choice” and were displaying “a kind of faith” that is “impossible for some to comprehend.”

She also feels that her followers shouldn’t judge people who don’t want to get vaccinated. “Before you claim they are ‘putting others in danger,’ you should do your own research to learn if that’s actually true.”

She ended her posts by encouraging her fans to exercise their free will in choosing to get vaccinated by saying, “YOU DO YOU!”

But of course, Ali’s opinion was met with widespread critique. One Twitter user screenshot her story and responded by saying Ali was “wildin with anti-mask, anti-vaxx, anti-science and conspiracy religious rhetoric.” Many other users felt the same.

Another posted a picture of Ali’s later father, boxing legend Muhammad Ali, getting vaccinated. It also attached a statement released by the Muhammad Ali Center, which honored those who died of COVID-19 while also thanking those who helped to develop the vaccines.

Others called her out for using her “faith” as a way to argue her stance against science.

Nevertheless, she did have supporters who believe her comments were justified. One Twitter user said that there is “nothing wrong” with allowing people to let the virus run its course with no protection.

Thoughts?

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It's already happening. Many unvaccinated black people are presenting to ERs with COVID 19 symptoms & being sent back home, by the time they come back, they're barely salvageable if at all, while their white counterparts are being admitted. In many places, the staff is picking

— Dark White House Press Secretary (@lacadri34) August 18, 2021

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— Muhammad Ali Center (@AliCenter) March 11, 2021