Rap artist Nicki Minaj faces backlash after tweeting inaccurate information about Covid vaccines

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Minaj skipped this year's Met Gala, which enforced a vaccine mandate, saying she was avoiding public events, generally, because she has a new baby at home.

Minaj said a family friend developed swollen testicles and impotency after getting the Covid vaccine shots.

In a series of tweets Monday, the ten-time Grammy nominated rap artist told fans she would only get immunized once she did enough research and recommended that they wear masks and get the shots if they're required to for work. MSNBC National Correspondent Joy Ann Reid criticized Minaj: "You have 22 million followers on Twitter. For you to use your platform to encourage our community to not protect themselves and save their lives, by God sister, you can do better than that."

"We are all human, and we tend to associate things," Dr. Arturo Casadevall, chair of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health told CNBC. He noted that swollen testicles and impotence aren't side effects to the vaccine. "So oftentimes, things that are not related get associated, and to that person, that association is very strong. But this is why we have science.

In a subsequent tweet, Minaj said she was "sure" she'd eventually get vaccinated in order to go on tour. Attempts to reach Minaj's representatives were unsuccessful.found, and it's a major obstacle to achieving the herd immunity experts say is necessary to curb future Covid surges in the U.S.

 

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Let's see if they will cancel Minaj

Leave Nikki alone!

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Well I doubt she did that .. it’s you guys from the media that spew out lies and propaganda ! Ijs

Opus, of Bloom County once said if “2 million penguins do a stupid thing, it is still a stupid thing.” If 22 million people listen to a rapper for medical advice, it is still a stupid thing!

Who’s authoritative enough to say she’s “tweeting inaccurative information”?

thamaldahide

Shame on you for expecting these stuff from a rapper 😂 it’s like kardashians giving financial advice 😂

She is a hot mess!

Plastic girl is OK with Injecting her whole body but needs time to think .... OK

CNBC the only falsehoods are coming from your reporting

No one has good research especially potus

Sounds like someone has watched and rewatched 'White Lotus' too many times.🤣

Why not news does it

How come cnbc never gets backlash for their lies

No backlash for her shitty music?

So I take it she will be ban from Twitter.

Seriously? I'm pretty sure she said IDK need to do research!

What do you expect from these big ass 🤡 😆

5Solae

People die every day. Gamble and get the jab maybe you can be one of those people

You guys couldn’t have chosen a better pic. Bravo.

Really? Because this link with the leading world experts on the matter proves what she said was actually 100% factual. And I’m pretty sure her fans are praising her 🤨

It could be a choice to not give this story any more oxygen. Its well past relevant. Few consider Nicki Minaj a reliable source of medical information.

But was Fauci accurate?

So ‘do your research’ is now being construed as ‘inaccurate information’?! Wow. I think cnbc needs to do some research of their own and actually READ WHAT SHE WROTE.

So the vaccine narrative is so fragile a Tweet from Nicki Minaj is impactful

She said the vaccine gave her cousins friend big balls and impotence. This isn’t going to go away easy.

Total BS. I don't agree with NICKIMINAJ most of the time but she has the right to voice concerns about covid. She didn't say not to get it. Propaganda is CNBCs MO since covid.

She’s not important,stick to ur usual liberal news

Backlash from the establishment…

IAmSophiaNelson They just keep lining up - Bob Enyart is at least the fifth conservative radio talk-show host to have died of covid-19 in recent weeks after speaking out against vaccination and masking. The AntiVax house of cards is tumbling down.

She didn’t stick to the celebrity script? About to get woke

Which CNBC reporter got stuck with the assignment to cup the balls for themselves?

I got my second shot and the very next day my car battery died…do your research!

But I only do what rappers tell me to do... especially when it comes to healthcare. So leave Dr Minaj alone!

IAmSophiaNelson What? Someone in the USA commenting innacurate information about Delta wave on Social Media? Are you kidding? SURELY NOT!!!!

What accurate information? 🤷🏾‍♂️

Nah her star is growing

Did you cup her cousin's balls?

Inaccurate Information. The media is laughing in our faces.

nice

The reality is its much more deadly than swollen balls

If that’s where you get your scientific info, you deserve what you get.

You even found a picture for, 'Oops, my bad.'

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