Nicki Minaj's words upset the highest peaks in the state.
The White House offered to organize a telephone exchange between one of its doctors and the Trinidadian-American singer after her controversial tweet, in which she claimed that the anti-Covid vaccine had rendered a loved one helpless.
Nicki Minaj said on Wednesday she was invited to the White House, which she said she accepted.
But a White House official explained to several American media that she had actually been offered a telephone exchange for educational purposes.
"As we have done with others, we offered a telephone exchange to Nicki Minaj with one of our doctors to answer his questions about the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine," said the official. quoted in various American media.
Not vaccinated and deprived of events
The rapper had triggered a media storm on Monday by explaining that she avoided going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) gala because of the obligation to be vaccinated to participate, saying that she was waiting for her part of " have done enough research ”.
She told her 22.6 million Twitter followers the story of her cousin in Trinidad who refused to be vaccinated claiming that a friend of hers, after being vaccinated, became impotent and his testicles had swollen.
These claims were dismissed by UK and US health officials as well as Trinidad and Tobago Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh, who lamented at a press conference "all the time wasted checking these false statements ”.
Celebrities called to be careful of what they say
According to experts interviewed by AFP's fact-checking service, there is no evidence that there is an effect of anti-Covid vaccines on fertility or male sexual organs.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson found himself on Tuesday talking about Nicki Minaj's claims instead of explaining his anti-Covid plans to the press as planned and England's chief medical officer Chris Whitty denounced the 'myths' surrounding vaccination against Covid-19.
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UK Health Minister Sajid Javid called on celebrities on Wednesday morning to be careful what they say.
