Australian actress Isabel Lucas sparked widespread backlash in 2020 after she spoke out against vaccination mandates and restrictions during the Covid pandemic.
And now the former Home and Away star has opened up about her decision to take the plunge, admitting she knew if I shared it was “very likely I wouldn’t be working for years”.
Speaking to Stellar magazine, the 37-year-old said she had “several” vaccines growing up but chose not to be vaccinated against Covid.
Isabel Lucas opened up about her decision not to get vaccinated in the latest issue of Stellar magazine
“For me, I appreciate what may be right for you may not be right for me, but it’s not right that none of us lose agency,” she explained.
“Our relationship with our bodies is deeply personal and highly complex, as are our choices, and we claim to have conversations about inclusion and diversity — you know, gender, religion, sexuality, race — without acknowledging our beliefs or observations. . be recognized,” she continued.
“The variety of choices is not bad in my experience.”
Last November, Isabel said she was ‘pro-choice’ when it came to the Covid vaccine.
She later clarified her comments on Instagram, saying she was “concerned about the ‘mandatory’ vaccination, not the vaccination itself.”
“For me, I appreciate what may be right for you may not be right for me, but it’s not right that none of us lose agency,” she explained.
The beautiful actress also posed for a high-fashion photo shoot for the magazine
At the time, the star joined hundreds of people at a rally to protest Australia’s Covid-19 vaccine mandates on the New South Wales-Queensland border.
In 2020, Isabel made headlines when she took to Instagram to share anti-vaccination views while commenting on a post by controversial chef Pete Evans.
She supported the former MKR judge and wrote: “Freedom of choice is a human right. I don’t trust the type of vaccination.’
Isabel previously joined hundreds of people at a rally to protest Australia’s Covid-19 vaccine mandates on the NSW-Queensland border
The actress sparked widespread backlash in 2020 after speaking out against vaccination mandates and restrictions amid the Covid pandemic
She was widely criticized for her stance and as a result was dropped as an ambassador for the charity Plan International Australia, which ironically campaigns for equal rights for young girls.
Isabel has a long history of activism, dating back to 2007 when she and colleague Hayden Panettiere joined activists on surfboards to try to prevent the slaughter of a pod of dolphins in Japan.
In 2020, Isabel also took part in a “peaceful” anti-5G protest in Byron Bay, where she marched from health food store Jing Organics to the proposed site of a 5G tower.
Isabel got her big break playing Tasha Andrews in Home and Away from 2003 to 2006
The Aussie star later gained fame in Hollywood in films such as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (photo).
The Sydney-born beauty got her big break playing Tasha Andrews in Home and Away from 2003-2006.
From there, she rose to fame in Hollywood in films such as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Daybreakers and Red Dawn.
More recently, she played Samantha Cage in the second season of the MacGyver TV reboot.
Meanwhile, Isabel left Los Angeles and moved back to Australia to start a new life in Byron Bay.
More recently, she played Samantha Cage in the second season of the MacGyver TV reboot, before leaving the role in 2018 and moving to Australia.
Source: Daily Mail
