‘Nicki told the truth to me, Dr. Fauci lied to me’: Minaj fans in Atlanta protest vaccine mandate | News
ATLANTA (CBS46) — Nicki Minaj followers rallied exterior of the CDC headquarters in Atlanta Wednesday to protest the vaccine mandate, chanting “Nicki Minaj instructed me the reality. Fauci lied to me.”
@NICKIMINAJ instructed the reality to me, Fauci lied to me” Protesters are approaching vehicles leaving the @CDCgov in ATL.Claiming the CDC is mendacity concerning the vaccine& @NICKIMINAJ is telling the reality. Extra on COVID-19 misinformation & locals protesting the vaccine. @cbs46 pic.twitter.com/6DwNo6ffbn
— Tori Cooper (@toricoooper) September 15, 2021
The masked protestors gathered in entrance of the well being company’s constructing after a controversial tweet was made by well-known rap artist, Nicki Minaj, by which she claimed her cousin’s buddy started experiencing testicular swelling and have become impotent after getting vaccinated.
My cousin in Trinidad gained’t get the vaccine cuz his buddy acquired it & grew to become impotent. His testicles grew to become swollen. His buddy was weeks away from getting married, now the lady known as off the marriage. So simply pray on it & be sure you’re snug with ur resolution, not bullied
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 13, 2021
The ten-time Grammy-nominated rapper additionally tweeted that she wouldn’t get vaccinated as a requirement to attend the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork (MET) Gala, an occasion she was supposedly anticipated to attend.
They need you to get vaccinated for the Met. if I get vaccinated it gained’t for the Met. It’ll be as soon as I really feel I’ve performed sufficient analysis. I’m engaged on that now. Within the meantime my loves, be secure. Put on the masks with 2 strings that grips your head & face. Not that free one 🙏♥️
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 13, 2021
The Atlanta protesters are claiming that the CDC is mendacity about vaccine efficacy and that Minaj is spreading the reality.
“We’re right here as a result of the CDC has been mendacity to us for therefore lengthy,” a Minaj fan mentioned.
CBS46 truth checked the claims, beginning in Trinidad.
“We wasted a lot time yesterday chasing down this false declare,” Trinidad & Tobago Well being Minister Dr. Terrence Deyalsingh mentioned.
Deyalsingh mentioned there have been no such reviews of this kind of antagonistic response.
Then CBS46 went straight to the CDC.
”We all know that COVID-19 vaccines are secure and efficient and so they don’t have an effect on males or ladies’s fertility,” CDC Scientist and Misinformation professional Dr. Neetu mentioned.
The rapper’s tweets come whereas vaccination charges in Georgia stay underneath 50%.
“We should always all query this vaccine!” a Minaj fan mentioned.
Dr. Neetu Abad mentioned followers shouldn’t take medical recommendation from celebrities and they need to depend on their physician’s suggestions. She additionally mentioned celebrities like Nicki who’ve greater than 22 million followers on social media have a accountability to the general public.
“All through this pandemic now we have urged platforms small and large to take care what they’re conveying round COVID-19 vaccines, as a result of we all know that may be impactful round folks’s conduct.”
Minaj additionally instructed her followers on Twitter they need to do analysis and get vaccinated if their livelihood depends upon it. She additionally mentioned she shall be getting vaccinated as a result of she has to go on tour.
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