Trinidad Health Minister Joins Fauci in Debunking Nicki Minaj’s Impotence Tweet

Dr Anthony Fauci and the Minister of Health of Trinidad and Tobago have now weighed in on that infamous tweet from Nicki Minaj. And that doesn’t look good for Minaj’s cousin story.

On Monday, the singer tweeted about the Met Gala requirement that attendees must be vaccinated against COVID to attend. Then she shared a really weird personal anecdote that instantly went viral, for obvious reasons.

“My cousin in Trinidad will not receive the vaccine because his friend received it and has become impotent”, Minaj tweeted. “Her testicles became swollen. Her friend was weeks away from the wedding, now the girl has called off the wedding.”

But whether or not Minaj’s cousin’s friend really told this story, he did not develop impotence after receiving the coronavirus vaccine. Vaccines do not cause impotence, although contracting the coronavirus can.

First, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, told Jake Tapper on CNN that vaccines cause “no reproductive problems” in recipients. .

“The answer to that, Jake, is a resounding ‘No’,” Fauci said.

Later in the week, Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Health Dr Terrence Deyalsingh spoke wearily publicly about how the country investigated Minaj’s cousin’s request and found it to be false.

“Unfortunately, we wasted so much time yesterday dealing with this false claim,” Deyalsingh said in a video shared on Twitter Wednesday. “As it stands, no side effects or adverse events of testicular swelling have been reported in Trinidad or, dare I say it … anywhere else in the world.”

Minaj herself tweets regularly from the infamous tweet.

A tweet she sent on Tuesday read: “Omfg. My #cousin who has #TheFriend just texted me telling me to call him. * Bites Nails * Ugh! You idiots !!! If he has Seen that on the news, it’s your fault !!! It was supposed to be a secret. If either of them asks, you haven’t heard from me. Okay? look @ text. “

And after talk show host Jimmy Kimmel said on his show that he wanted to interview Minaj’s cousin’s friend, she responded positively.

“He’s ready to talk for the right price,” Minaj tweeted. “I’m his manager. Call me, Jimmy.”