Jim Carrey Unleashes Twitter Rant Over California’s New Vaccine Law 

Jim Carrey is trying to set the record straight after his lengthy Twitter rant over California’s new mandatory immunization law.

The actor called Gov. Jerry Brown a “corporate fascist” on Tuesday, after the state passed a bill that requires all public schools and daycares to vaccinate their children unless a legitimate medical reason permits otherwise. According to the Los Angeles Times, dissenting parents and guardians will be unable to cite personal or religious exemption to the law, slated to take effect in 2016.

“California Gov says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum in manditory [sic] vaccines,” Carrey Tweeted. “They say mercury in fish is dangerous but forcing all of our children to be injected with mercury in Thimerosol is no risk. Make sense?”

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His statements drew immediate backlash from the pro-vaccination community, prompting Carrey to clarify his message.

“I’m not anti-vaccine,” he continued. “I’m anti-thimerosol, anti-mercury.” 

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The Golden Globe winner has taken public issue with vaccines since his former relationship with television personality and author Jenny McCarthy, who believes vaccines contributed to her son’s autism. McCarthy has also gone on record to say she is not “anti-vaccine,” but, like Carrey, insists modern immunizations contain toxic ingredients that pose risks to children.

The Center For Disease Control reported “no link between thimerosal-containing vaccines and [autism], as well as no link between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and [autism] in children,” but Carrey went on to refute the claims, suggesting the public health institute is purposely concealing the truth.

“The CDC can’t solve a problem they helped start. It’s too risky to admit they have been wrong about mercury/Thimerasol. They are corrupt,” he Tweeted.

California found itself front and center of the vaccine debate after a measles outbreak at Disneyland last December infected more than 100 people. NBC News reported the new legislation makes the state only the third in the nation behind West Virginia and Mississippi to authorize such strict immunization rules.

Gov. Brown issued a statement alongside his signature that expressed his reasoning behind the new law.

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“The science is clear that vaccines dramatically protect children against a number of infectious and dangerous diseases,” he said. “While it’s true that no medical intervention is without risk, the evidence shows that immunization powerfully benefits and protects the community.”

Carrey, meanwhile, continued his Twitter missive into Wednesday, telling his more than 14 million followers that “all we are saying is, ‘Take the neurotoxins out of the vaccines.’ Make them toxin free. History will show that that was a reasonable request.”

Erin Biglow

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