Dr. Anthony Fauci pushed back against Nicki Minaj’s claim that the coronavirus vaccine caused someone’s testicles to become swollen.
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In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Dr. Fauci addressed whether or not the COVID-19 vaccine can cause infertility. “The answer to that, Jake, is a resounding no,” Fauci said.
“There’s no evidence that it happens, nor is there any mechanistic reason to imagine that it would happen. So the answer to your question is no.”
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Earlier in the week, Minaj tweeted that a friend of her cousin “became impotent” after receiving the vaccine and that “his testicles became swollen.”
Dr. Fauci then went on to address the misinformation regarding the coronavirus vaccine that’s spread on social media. “The only way we know to counter mis- and disinformation is to provide a lot of correct information and to essentially debunk these kinds of claims, which may be innocent on her part,” he said. “I’m not blaming her for anything. But she should be thinking twice about propagating information that really has no basis except [as] a one-off anecdote. And that’s not what science is all about.”
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