Minaj’s vaccine tweets make news

Say what you will about Nicki Minaj, the rapper knows how to carry a conversation. Just call her Miss Information Barbie when it comes to Covid-19 vaccines. Minaj’s viral vaccine-hesitancy tweets this week — mainly her cringe-worthy citation of an anecdotal, friend-of-a-friend experience — made her the topic of cable news shows and Twitter memes and the punch line for plenty of late-night jokes. The singer claimed the vaccines can make men impotent. Even Trinidadian TV covered it, with one news anchor ridiculing the story about her cousin’s friend’s “flat tire.”

The tweets also earned her a lot of critics, getting the attention of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as well as leading US coronavirus expert Dr. Anthony Fauci. Dr. Fauci swiftly debunked the notion that the vaccine affects the reproductive system. It should be noted that Minaj said she would likely get vaccinated to go on tour and recommended the shots to anyone who needed a jab to keep their job.