(CNN) The post-apocalyptic thriller "I Am Legend" is bubbling up in conversation among the vaccine-hesitant crowd, prompting the film's screenwriter to emphasize that the plot is entirely fictional. Vaccines do not factor into the plot. — Akiva Goldsman (@AkivaGoldsman) August 9, 2021Goldsman tweeted a succinct response to the misinformation inspired by the film: "Oh. The film has been a vessel for anti-vaccine sentiment since the first Covid-19 vaccines were authorized in 2020. Reuters published a "fact check" of the film's plot in December of that year after social media users circulated claims that a "vaccine" had zombified the characters in the film.

Source: CNN August 10, 2021 14:03 UTC