{"id":30907,"date":"2021-08-18T22:14:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T16:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/chet-hanks-says-he-has-a-right-to-express-his-anti-vax-opinion\/"},"modified":"2021-08-18T22:14:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T16:44:28","slug":"chet-hanks-says-he-has-a-right-to-express-his-anti-vax-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/chet-hanks-says-he-has-a-right-to-express-his-anti-vax-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Chet Hanks Says He Has A Right To Express His Anti-Vax Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"entry-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author\"><span class=\"entry-author-name\">MLC<\/span><\/span> Posted on August 12, 2021 at <time class=\"entry-time\">11:45 am<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Chet Hanks<\/strong> is back at it again preaching his anti-vaccination <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">nonsense<\/span> opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week <em>The Blast<\/em> reported on Chet\u2019s curveball of a vaccination PSA.<\/p>\n<p>The son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson has been wildly outspoken about being anti-vax despite his parents both suffering from the Covid-19 virus.<\/p>\n<p>Both Hanks and Wilson contracted the virus while down under in Australia in March 2020, right when the pandemic started.<\/p>\n<div id=\"related-posts\"><strong>Related to what you&#8217;re reading:<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><!--related--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B9qCDmEnvc8\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His mother was hospitalized and his father suffered intense Covid symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>On the one-year anniversary of Hanks and Wilson contracting the virus, the latter took to social media to commemorate the moment.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote, \u201cOne year ago today I was playing the Sydney Opera House, the next day started feeling very tired and achy, two days later hospitalized with Covid 19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her post continued, \u201cI want to take a moment to say how grateful we are for our health, how thankful we are for the medical care we got in Queensland, and that we share in the sorrow of each person who lost a loved one to this virus. I\u2019m hopeful for so many being able to get the vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, August 10, Chet took to Instagram to share a PSA about getting vaccinated.<\/p>\n<h2>Here\u2019s My PSA\u2026 Gym Selfies Are Cool!<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83122\" style=\"width: 1019px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-83122\" src=\"https:\/\/assetblast.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-8.35.51-AM-1019x1024.png\" alt=\"Chet Hanks flexing at the gym\" width=\"1019\" height=\"1024\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chet Hanks \/ Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What started out as a sentimental and meaningful message quickly turned into Chet screaming into the phone, \u201cIf it ain\u2019t broke, don\u2019t fix it. I\u2019ve never had COVID. They ain\u2019t sticking me with that mother***ing needle. It\u2019s the motherf***ing flu. Get over it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, the \u2018White Boy Summer\u201d rapper is taking to the social media platform again to preach his anti-vax gospel.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, August 11, Chet posted another video saying, \u201cJust like you have the right to be mad at me because I said I\u2019m going to get the vaccine, just like you have the right to be mad, I have the right to not get that shit.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CScbCu9pZrd\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to, but my immune system said it\u2019s good. Okay? It doesn\u2019t need to be tampered with. It said it\u2019s good,\u201d he continued. \u201cLet\u2019s be real, 99% of you motherf***ers wouldn\u2019t use a shampoo that\u2019s not FDA approved, but you\u2019re willing to get some experimental government injection. Okay, there\u2019s more evidence for UFOs being real than that vaccine being healthy for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that if aliens are out there tto come pick him up, because he\u2019s ready to GTFO of here.<\/p>\n<p>He captioned the video, \u201cWoke up and chose chaos lmaooooo \ud83d\udc7d\ud83d\udc7d\ud83d\udc7d\ud83d\udef8\ud83d\udef8\ud83d\udef8\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/shampoo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#shampoo<\/a>\u00a0\ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2642\ufe0f \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chaos was indeed chosen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by MLC Posted on August 12, 2021 at 11:45 am Chet Hanks is back at it again preaching his anti-vaccination nonsense opinions. 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