Dr. Fauci Bust Ball-Centric Covid Myth Spread by Nicki Minaj
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Myths have spread across the internet like wildfire about them and in some cases have been perpetrated by its biggest personalities — including celebrities, pundits, politicians and other influencers with large followings.
Former presidential candidate Kanye West called a coronavirus vaccine “the mark of the beast” in an interview with Forbes and said those pushing it “want to put chips inside of us, they want to do all kinds of things, to make it where we can’t cross the gates of heaven.”
Freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn, (R-N.C.) implied the vaccine effort was a way to build the infrastructure to confiscate people's guns and Bibles.
Madison Cawthorn says today that Biden’s plan to send people door to door to offer vaccines is really a plot to confiscate people’s bibles and guns. pic.twitter.com/h6CPdJwv9t
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 9, 2021
But recently rapper Nicki Minaj, whose previous attempt to "break the internet" fell somewhat shy of the mark, tweeted something so egregious about the covid vaccines currently in production, that it forced the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, to come out and personally debunk it Tuesday in an interview on CNN:
My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent. His testicles became swollen. His friend was weeks away from getting married, now the girl called off the wedding. So just pray on it & make sure you’re comfortable with ur decision, not bullied
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 13, 2021
Internet experts and other bystanders quickly piled on to the statement by the "Chun Li" rapper who had been explaining to fans why she didn't plan to attend Monday's star-studded Met Gala previously in the thread.
They want you to get vaccinated for the Met. if I get vaccinated it won’t for the Met. It’ll be once I feel I’ve done enough research. I’m working on that now. In the meantime my loves, be safe. Wear the mask with 2 strings that grips your head & face. Not that loose one,” she tweeted, before recommending that people get vaccinated and saying she would eventually do the same because she has to go on tour.
I know babe. A lot of countries won’t let ppl work w/o the vaccine. I’d def recommend they get the vaccine. They have to feed their families. I’m sure I’ll b vaccinated as well cuz I have to go on tour, etc. https://t.co/7SK5Df0yBf
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 13, 2021
Several commenters claimed that her cousin's friend had most likely injured himself and or contracted a venereal disease.
Sorry, this is not a side effect of the vaccine. It is called hydrocele. In adults, the two primary causes are injury or STD (chlamydia or gonorrhea). Probably your cousin's friend was taking one last marriage fling, picked up an STD, & is blaming vaccines. He needs an MD, stat.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 13, 2021
the year is 2039 and we're still in this pandemic because one time Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend got an STD and she told all her followers it was covid https://t.co/bfupJpqj88
— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) September 13, 2021
This dude got an STI and successfully hid it from his fiancée by blaming it on the covid vaccine only for his friend's cousin NICKI MINAJ to tweet about it to her 22m followers. https://t.co/bmgEQiMhl3
— Tim Stillman (@Stillberto) September 14, 2021
MSNBC's Joy Reid was more direct, scolding the star for putting out spurious theories to her fan base.
You have a platform, sister, that is 22 million followers, OK? I have 2 million followers. You have 22 million followers on Twitter," Reid told Minaj. "For you to use your platform to encourage our community to not protect themselves and save their lives, my God sister, you can do better than that! You got that platform -- it's a blessing that you got that! The people listen to you -- and they listen to you more than they listen to me!"
"For you to use your platform to put people in the position of dying from a disease they don't have to die from, oh my God, sister. As a fan, as a hip-hop fan, as somebody who is your fan, I'm so sad that you did that, so sad that you did that, sister. Oh, my God," Reid added.
.@JoyAnnReid responds to @NICKIMINAJ's tweets on the #COVID19 vaccine: "For you to use your platform to encourage our community to not protect themselves and save their lives... As a fan, I am so sad that you did that." #TheReidOut #reiders pic.twitter.com/nmr85LSmug
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) September 13, 2021
So, what did Dr. Fauci have to say about the veracity of Minaj's claims? Replying to CNN's Jake Tapper who asked him “Is there any evidence that the Pfizer, the Moderna, or the J&J vaccines cause any reproductive issues in men or women?” The doctor said, “There’s no evidence that it happens, nor is there any mechanistic reason to imagine that it would happen. So the answer to your question is no.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci says Covid-19 vaccine approval for children under the age of 12 is "going to be some time in the fall."
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) September 14, 2021
"There will be enough data to apply with an emergency use authorization, both by Pfizer, a little bit later by Moderna." pic.twitter.com/Wr1EqnDIUL
So, it appears for now at least that everyone who had concerns raised by Minaj's story can relax, well perhaps except for her cousin's friend and his now very famous balls.
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