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- Nicki Minaj has been an outspoken opponent of the COVID-19 vaccine.
- Controversial Rep George Santos of (R-NY) simply launched a invoice that he named after her.
- The invoice would set up a ‘development’ interval for vaccines.
Nicki Minaj has made no secret of her excessive skepticism relating to the life-saving COVID-19 vaccine. And now, after her outspoken makes an attempt to discredit the vaccinations, wildly controversial Rep George Santos (R-NY), who has been criticized for deceptive the general public with various allegedly false claims about his background and private life, is introducing a vaccine invoice named after her.
Here’s the whole lot to know in regards to the invoice and the Nicki Minaj background related to it.
The invoice goals to determine a ‘development period.’
According to Semafor reporter Kadia Goba, who took to Twitter to debate on Monday, April 17, the invoice “establishes a development period” for brand new vaccines for the aim of constructing “public confidence.” Little else is understood in regards to the invoice or its intentions.
“Ahem. Rep. George Santos just dropped seven bills in the hopper,” Kadia tweeted Monday. “Among them, The Minaj Act, named for — yes, you guessed it — rapper Nicki Minaj that establishes a development period for new vaccines in order to generate public confidence.”
Nicki is an outspoken vaccine opponent.
Nicki courted vaccine misinformation controversy of her personal by slamming the vaccine, defending her choice to not get it, and making a declare in September of 2021 {that a} good friend of a cousin had suffered “impotence” because of receiving it. “My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent,” she tweeted on September 13. “His testicles became swollen. His friend was weeks away from getting married, now the girl called off the wedding. So just pray on it & make sure you’re comfortable with ur decision, not bullied.”
She then tweeted that she wouldn’t be vaccinated till she had performed extra “research” of her personal, regardless of The Met Gala requiring attendees to take action. “They want you to get vaccinated for the Met,” she tweeted. “If I get vaccinated it won’t [SIC] for the Met. It’ll be once I feel I’ve done enough research. I’m working on that now. In the meantime my loves, be safe. Wear the mask with 2 strings that grips your head & face. Not that loose one.”
The Tweet storm got here, appropriately sufficient, as a result of she had contracted COVID-19 herself after remaining unvaccinated, and wouldn’t be capable to attend the large vogue occasion.
A wild backlash adopted.
Not everybody was impressed with Nicki’s strategy to discouraging the vaccine. Dr. Anthony Fauci clapped again on CNN a day later. “Is there any evidence that the Pfizer, Moderna, or the [Johnson & Johnson] vaccines cause any reproductive issues, in men or women?” Jake Tapper requested Dr. Fauci in reference to Nicki’s tweets. “The answer to that, Jake, is a resounding no,” Fauci defined. “There’s no evidence that it happens, nor is there any mechanistic reason to imagine that it would happen.”
Meghan McCain additionally took her to activity publicly. “You have an enormous platform and have just spread unimaginable vaccine hesitancy to your fans,” she wrote on Sept 14. “Not only is it deeply irresponsible, it is very sad. I hope you talk to doctors and scientists like @ashishkjha like I did eventually. People are still dying from covid.”
Nicki’s declare was refuted in an enormous method.
Nicki’s declare didn’t sit nicely with the Health Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, who held a press convention the following day to refute her claims and quell vaccine hesitancy. Dr. Terrence Deyalsingh defined through the convention that “had to check and make sure that what she was claiming was either true or false.”
He then defined, “We unfortunately wasted so much time yesterday running down this false claim. As far as we know, at this point in time, there has been no such reported either side effect or adverse effect… As we stand now, there is absolutely no reported such side effect or adverse event of testicular swelling in Trinidad or … anywhere. None that we know of anywhere else in the world.”
Nicki additionally claimed she was invited to the White House over the matter, although the White House denied it fully.
George Santos is operating for re-election.
Despite admitting to mendacity over various weird private background particulars, together with being Jewish, George has introduced his intention to run for re-election in 2024. Along with the Nicki Minaj invoice, he’s additionally launched a number of others. “ANNOUNCEMENT: I am proudly announcing my bid for re-election for #NY03,” he tweeted on April 17. “This is about TAKING BACK our country and restoring greatness back to New York.”