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Topics: Nicki Minaj, US News, Coronavirus
Charisa Bossinakis
Topics: Nicki Minaj, US News, Coronavirus
Representative for New York's 3rd congressional district George Santos has introduced a vaccine bill named after Nicki Minaj.
It looks like the Senator is trying to win some brownie points from the Barbz, as reporter Kadia Goba tweeted that Santos has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives named after the rapper.
She tweeted: “Ahem. Rep. George Santos just dropped seven bills in the hopper.
"Among them, The Minaj Act, named for — yes, you guessed it — rapper Nikki Minaj that establishes a development period for new vaccines in order to generate public confidence.”
It should be known that all vaccines undergo many tests and trials to ensure safety before being released to the public.
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The ‘Moment 4 Life’ singer made headlines in 2021 after spreading misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine.
She shared that her cousin wasn't going to get the vaccine, as his friend was ‘weeks away from getting married’, but the ‘girl called off the wedding’ due to his alleged extreme reaction to the jab.
“My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cause his friend got it and became impotent. His testicles became swollen. His friend was weeks away from getting married, now the girl called off the wedding. So just pray on it and make sure you’re comfortable with your decision, not bullied,” she wrote.
It came at a time when the Met Gala requested that all guests be vaccinated if they wished to attend the event.
Minaj then tweeted that if she chose to get vaccinated, it wouldn't be for the Met Gala and that she was undergoing her ‘own research’.
However, her tweets quickly came under fire, as one person wrote: “Yeah, awesome. The other option is to listen to literally 99 per cent of scientists who have dedicated their entire lives to studying this stuff and go get vaccinated to protect those you love and end this pandemic so we don’t even have to wear masks."
Another person said: “Reporting this tweet for spreading misinformation about health.”
While a third person shared: “Researchers did their research. They are way more qualified than any of us, including me and you."
Her series of tweets even prompted the Health Minister from Trinidad and Tobago to respond.
“One of the reasons we could not respond yesterday in real time to Ms. Minaj is that we have to check and make sure that what she was claiming was either true or false. We did – unfortunately, we spent so much time running down this false claim,” Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said in a statement.
“It is, as far as we know at this point in time, there has been no such reported side effect or adverse effect. And what was sad about this is that it wasted our time yesterday, trying to track down. Because we take all these claims seriously.”