Let's get one thing out of the way: Nicki Minaj is wrong about the Covid-19 vaccine causing impotence. Unlike a regular person with some reservations about getting the shot, however, the megastar has major sway over legions of fans. The Barbz have no qualms about doxxing and threatening those who speak ill of their queen. So when Minaj says she's not vaccinated and implies it's partly because her cousin's friend in Trinidad allegedly got swollen testicles after getting the jab (this has been thoroughly debunked), you better believe some of her fans will take her word as truth and refuse to get their own life-saving shot.
Health experts refuted Minaj's tweet as ridiculous. "There’s no evidence that it happens, nor is there any mechanistic reason to imagine that it would happen," Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN. "I'm not blaming her for anything but she should be thinking twice about propagating information that really has no basis." The Health Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Terrence Deyalsingh, was more direct with his criticism: "What was sad about this is that it wasted our time yesterday trying to track down, because we take all these claims seriously, whether it’s on social media or mainstream media," he said. "As we stand now, there is absolutely no reported such side effects or adverse event of testicular swelling in Trinidad."
