--- title: "Hugh Laurie, Who Played Dr. House, Appears to Have Just Brutally Roasted Anti-Vaxxers" description: "Hugh Laurie, actor best known from hit TV drama “House,” took to Twitter today to absolutely roast the anti-vaccination movement — or at least that’s our best guess. “I find the injunction ‘think for yourself’ very stirring – until I remember that I could never have conceived of 99% of the concepts I rely on […]" date: "2021-09-10" modified: "2021-09-10" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/hugh-laurie-house-roasted-anti-vaxxers" categories: - "Developments" - "Health & Medicine" tags: - "anti-vaxxers" - "coronavirus" - "covid19" - "vaccines" --- # Hugh Laurie, Who Played Dr. House, Appears to Have Just Brutally Roasted Anti-Vaxxers ![Hugh Laurie, actor best known from hit TV drama "House," took to Twitter today to absolutely roast the anti-vaccination movement.]() *\Image: Getty Images\* Hugh Laurie, the actor best known from hit TV drama "House MD," took to Twitter today to absolutely roast the anti-vaccination movement — or, at least, we're pretty sure he did. "I find the injunction ‘think for yourself' very stirring — until I remember that I could never have conceived of 99 percent of the concepts I rely on every day to survive," a contemplative Laurie [wrote](). "I’m extremely grateful to those who have thought for me." The actor has long been a proponent of science and vaccines, and not just because of a [now-famous scene]() in "House" in which he had to give a patient a brutal wakeup call about refusing vaccines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urZLTobAfJc The anti-vaccine movement, especially in the US, is a sticky problem. It's currently [directly contributing]() to disastrous flare-ups of new COVID-19 cases and [deaths](), which likely inspired Laurie's zinger today. The issue has never been hotter, either, with President Joe Biden [imposing federal vaccine mandates]() for the majority of US workers this week after vaccination rates slowed to a crawl over the summer despite widespread availability. While we don't know for sure Laurie is aiming squarely at the anti-vaccine movement with his most recent tweet, there is some precedent that strongly suggests he was indeed talking about anti-vaxxers. In December, Laurie took the moment to reach out to the medical community, which had been working through a particularly tough period of the COVID pandemic. "I’m sure lots of people have said this already — I just haven’t seen it anywhere — but thank you to all the scientists, researchers, administrators, technicians, logisticians for bringing this extraordinary vaccine into existence," he wrote in [a tweet](). It's an insightful comment from the actor, who for years played one of TV's most iconic doctors. A mere [62 percent]() of all eligible Americans are fully vaccinated, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's an issue of trust on a massive scale. Thinking for yourself can certainly be a virtue — but tackling an unprecedented crisis together, with the help of others, is even more so. ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()