From ABC News:

Appearing on “Good Morning America,” X-Files actress Amanda Peet advised the public not to listen to celebrities when it comes to vaccines.

“It seems that the media is often giving celebrities and actors more authority on this issue than they are giving the experts,” Peet said. “I know it’s a paradox, but that’s part of why I wanted to become a spokesperson, to say to people, ‘Please don’t listen to me. Don’t listen to actors. Go to the experts.’”

Peet also apologized again during her appearance for comments she made in the July issue of the parenting magazine Cookie in which she stated, “Frankly, I feel that parents who don’t vaccinate their children are parasites.”

Peet’s advice is intended to counter the position of former Playboy model and author Jenny McCarthy, who says the current vaccine schedule places children at a higher risk of developing autism.

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(Photo: Screen capture from ABC GMA website.)

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