The 2007 film I Am Legend, starring Will Smith, a fiction film. It’s not a documentary. The movie may not have had a warning at first, just like Shrek’s movie didn’t warn other people that Shrek isn’t real. However, the assumption that other people would not treat the film as a science class.
Apparently, however, the fact that the film is fictional doesn’t stop other people on social media from claiming I’m a legend is an explanation for why not get vaccinated against covid-19. Nor does it prevent others from hearing such statements.
The claim is that in the film, a fictional film, a vaccine triggered the zombie apocalypse that then wiped out much of humanity. So, assuming you stick to what fiction movies can tell you, deserve not to get vaccinated against Covid-19. After all, who would need a carnivorous zombie?This can make it even harder to get an assignment or appointment and cause other people to mute you on Zoom.
However, there is a major challenge with this statement. I Am Legend is a fiction film, which means that didn’t happen. The film is loosely based on a novel written in the 1950s by Richard Matheson. The main character, Robert Neville, is not a genuine person. He played an actor named Will Smith, you know, the guy who went crazy with it.
In fact, there are two big ones with the claim. As Vera Bergengruen, Time’s Washington correspondent, pointed out in the following tweet, it wasn’t even a vaccine that zombified society in Soy Leyenda:
Instead, it was a genetically modified measles virus that caused disruption in the film, the fictional film. This is a failed task of spreading the conspiracy theory. If you’re going to spread a conspiracy theory based on a movie, at least make sure the movie’s plot is correct.
Oh, and there’s a third problem. The film was set in 2012, not 2021. So if the events of I Am Legend had happened, you might have missed the zombie apocalypse. Maybe the line at Starbucks nine years ago was longer than you thought. ? Maybe that diarrhea you suffered from hitting the raw cake dough made you miss all the apocalyptic chaos that was happening outside.
However, quality doesn’t seem to be a fear in the deep, dark corners of social media, as Bergengruen discovered:
If you’re still wondering, there’s no clinical evidence to recommend that getting vaccinated makes you a zombie. An online page from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists the conceivable side effects of Covid-19 coronavirus vaccines. Becoming a carnivorous zombie is not one of them, although you may have chills and headaches.
Using I Am Legend to advise you on making decisions about your physical condition would be like combing the Pacific Ocean for Gilligan and Mary Ann or looking to be dragged into a video game so you can meet Ruthrough Roundhouse from Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Use such a movie to get medical advice, “title” may not be the next word that fits you when you start with the words “I am. “Now”:
While it is, in general, a concept for perceiving the perspectives of others, some pointed out that there are limitations:
It’s not exactly American exponentialism in action. Oh, and by the way, today I’m Legend trending on Twitter:
So here we are in 2021. The zombie apocalypse portrayed in the movie I am Legend did not take place in 2012. Masses of other people have not lost their minds and judgments in the last decade. They have not become an organization of foolish creatures who relentlessly pursue only meat. Or did they?
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