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David Oyelowo has stepped into the shoes of a variety of characters over his career, but the British-born actor likely never thought he’d play an actual coronavirus particle.
“They’re really great, very short clips that hopefully continue to spread awareness about how careful we need to be with this virus and how much we need to embrace the vaccine,” Oyelowo, who famously played Martin Luther King Jr. inSelma, tells PEOPLE.
In another clip, Oyelowo plays a COVID-19 particle leading an army that attacks a group of people enjoying their time outdoors. The series also features voice work fromPatrick Adams, Bono,Penélope Cruz,Nick Kroll,Kumail Nanjiani,Michael Sheen,Wanda Sykesand others. (Oyelowo says his lines were recorded from a phone from the safety of his home — no traveling necessary.)
As a part of their focus to get more vaccines to low-income countries, the ONE Campaign’swebsitefeatures an open letter toPresident Joe Bidenencouraging him to allow the country to share any surplus of vaccines with the world. (Biden has said that once Americans are vaccinated, asurplus will be sharedwith the rest of the world.)
As of Wednesday, “less than 1% of doses administered globally have gone to people in low-income countries, while a handful of wealthy countries have enough vaccines to inoculate their entire populations and still have more than 1 billion doses left over,” the ONE Campaign said.
The ONE Campaign is inviting people to sign apetitionto support their efforts.
Along with this goal, Oyelowo hopesPandemicawill help alleviate skepticism around vaccines for anyone who doesn’t feel comfortable taking one yet.
As Oyelowo says, in order for the world to return to some semblance of normalcy, it’s important to make sure everyone gets involved in the effort.
“This is something that affects everyone,” he says. “I understand people who may be shy of talking about it, because they may have their own questions as well.”
“But this has affected all of humanity,” Oyelowo adds. “I consider it a duty to do my part.”
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