The nation's top infectious disease expert has been forced to officially weigh in on a tweet from rapper Nicki Minaj baselessly claiming her cousin's friend got swollen testicles from a coronavirus vaccine.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden's chief medical adviser, was asked by CNN's Jake Tapper about a controversial tweet from Minaj, who announced Monday she wouldn't be attending the Met Gala because she's not vaccinated against COVID-19. Minaj insisted her cousin's friend "became impotent" after he received a vaccine and that his "testicles became swollen." Fauci was asked whether there's any evidence of the coronavirus vaccines causing reproductive issues in men or women. "The answer to that, Jake, is a resounding no," he said. "There's no evidence that it happens, nor is there any mechanistic reason to imagine that it would happen."
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