Nicki Minaj has said the Covid vaccine could make you helpless. Fauci closed it.

Dr Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease expert, refuted a claim by rapper Nicki Minaj that the Covid-19 the vaccine can make men powerless.

Fauci dismissed the claim as false when asked about it in an interview on Tuesday. CNN.

“There is no evidence that this is happening, and there is no mechanical reason to imagine that it would happen,” he said. “So the answer to your question is no. “

Fauci then spoke about the dangers of vaccine misinformation.

“There is a lot of misinformation, mostly on social media, and the only way we know of to counter misinformation and disinformation is to provide a lot of correct information,” he said. “And to essentially debunk those kinds of claims, which may be innocent of her. I don’t blame her for anything, but she should think twice before spreading information that really has no basis.”

Rapper “Starships” made the mistaken statement in a series of tweets on Monday explaining why she skipped this year’s Met Gala. In an article, the rapper, who said she herself tested positive for Covid, told fans she didn’t want to put her baby in danger. Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty, welcomed their first child together last year.

She went to to say: “They want you to get vaccinated for the Met. If I get vaccinated, it won’t be for the Met. It will be after I do enough research. Love, be safe. Wear the mask with it on. 2 strings that grab your head and face. Not so loose. “

In a third tweet, the rapper told a bizarre story about a friend of her cousin’s in Trinidad who received the vaccine “and became impotent.”

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say on its most recent immunization information page that there is “currently no evidence that vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines, cause fertility problems in women or men.”

Minaj’s tweets created a firestorm and elicited strong reactions from many leaders and officials.

“I am not familiar with the works, or as familiar with the works of Nicki Minaj as I probably should be,” said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. noted, adding that “vaccines are wonderful and everyone should get them.”

MSNBC host Joy Reid also criticized the Grammy-winning artist.

“You have 22 million followers on Twitter. For you to use your platform to encourage our community not to protect themselves and to save their lives, my God, sister, you can do better than that, ”said Reid.

Even Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Health felt compelled to debunk the story of Minaj, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago and claimed that her cousin’s friend lived in the island nation.

“We must have spent a lot of time and energy yesterday… because let’s assume it’s true, we don’t want to be accused of just ignoring it. But we spent a lot of time yesterday trying to find it. So far, this has not been true in Trinidad or … elsewhere in the world, “Terrence Deyalsingh said at a press conference. Covid press briefing Wednesday.

Deyalsingh said Minaj’s tweet “didn’t help” and makes their job harder because the rapper has “some influence.”

Although health officials debunked the claim, a small group of people gathered outside the CDC in Atlanta and shouted, “You know that Fauci is lying.” A man was heard screaming, “She said I’m not going to take your shot to go to a stupid Met Gala. … You know Fauci is lying.”