Nicki Minaj goes full covidiot ... "My cousin's friend" ... "It was a dark and stormy night

[Roland99]

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My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & 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 & make sure you’re comfortable with ur decision, not bullied

The replies....

[Takket]

1. everyone saying her "cousin's friend" cheated on his fiancee and caught an STD LOL

[Blues Heron]

2. She has no problem injecting tattoo nanoparticles

that stay in your body forever, but not TEH SCARY VACCINE

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

20. Good point.

[Celerity]

25. that ain't all she is injecting

[underpants]

3. Seems legit

[Midnight Writer]

4. Goddamn it! My doctor swore to me this wouldn't happen. Now I know it could.

I have half a mind to sue the britches off of this SOB Doctor. He lied to me.

Hang on. My phone is ringing.

Wow. It's Lin Wood. He says he can help me out.

[ecstatic]

5. Erectile dysfunction has been reported in the adverse events database

Extremely rare, but it happens. I don't think it's a good idea to silence or mock people who have experienced side effects.

[Doodley]

7. Swollen testicles? She deserves to be mocked if she is deterring people from taking the vaccine,

based on a "my cousin's friend" anecdote that, even if true, may have nothing to do with the vaccine. People die because of all this anti-vaccine nonsense.

[unblock]

12. Just because someone reported it and it's in the database doesn't mean the vaccine caused it

Some patient who takes a medication, then later has some symptom they think could possibly be a side effect and reports it, it goes into the database.

Rarely, someone will later do a study to test if the reported side effects actually have anything to do with the medication, but usually not.

That's how every headache medication lists headache as a potential side effect because, duh.


Especially where there's no plausible medical explanation for how the side effect might be related to the medication, take the side effect listings with a large grain of salt because they're meant to be very, very broad to the point of including dubious claims like this one.

[dflprincess]

17. You can report anything on the adverse effects form

I saw, one person claim the vaccine turned him into a newt. Though he also noted he got better.

[Caliman73]

32. I see what you did there...

[LiberatedUSA]

33. You get turned into a newt...

…and the next thing you know Ellen Ripley is saving you from aliens.

[obamanut2012]

18. Ummmm anyone can put anything in VAERS

I can go put the vax made me cheat on my girlfriend and made me steal a car. Anyone can put anything.

[ecstatic]

38. Most of the entries are entered by providers, who are required by law to report

what their patients/customers state happened. But regardless, are we really taking the position that everything in the VAERS database is fraudulent? If anything, most side effects are underreported. I have a weird side effect of bruising since getting the vaccine and I never bothered to call Kroger to report it.

Also, have you taken a look at the amount of information you need to provide in a report? Not exactly something a ditzy trumper or someone with an axe to grind could necessarily get through. But yes, as with all things, I'm sure some fake reports are in the mix.

Two Ways to Submit an Online Report to VAERS
A woman completing a VAERS report online
Option 1 - Report Online to VAERS
Submit a VAERS report online. The report must be completed online and submitted in one sitting and cannot be saved and returned to at a later time. Your information will be erased if you are inactive for 20 minutes; you will receive a warning after 15 minutes.

Healthcare professional completing a writable PDF form on his computer
Option 2 - Report using a Writable PDF Form
Download the Writable PDF Form to a computer. Complete the VAERS report offline if you do not have time to complete it all at once. Return to this page to upload the completed Writable PDF form by clicking here.

What will I need to fill out the report?

Patient information (age, date of birth, sex)
Vaccine information (brand name, dosage)
Date, time, and location administered
Date and time when adverse event(s) started
Symptoms and outcome of the adverse event(s)
Medical tests and laboratory results (if applicable)
Physician’s contact information (if applicable)

Any report that doesn't contain all of the information requested can easily be dismissed as fraudulent. It doesn't mention it in the instructions, but Lot numbers are requested too.

[Sgent]

21. Being reported

just means it happened around the same time, it in no way means the vaccine was involved. If someone got the vaccine, got swollen balls a week later it would be reported. The fact that on followup the urologist found testicular cancer would not be.

[lame54]

28. It's an STD - He's lying to his fiancee...

Might as well have blamed a toilet seat

[Doodley]

6. My cousin in Trinidad also had a friend who got the vaccine and his penis doubled in size.

[Drum]

8. Lol

[MustLoveBeagles]

10. LOL

I wish someone on social media would make that claim. Most of the male refusniks would be shoving each other out of the way to get the vaccine.

[MustLoveBeagles]

9. The Botox and Silicone has seeped into her brainpan

I'm betting this story is complete bullshit.

Edit: She's at least encouraging mask use so that's good I guess.

[Bleacher Creature]

11. Kurt Eichenwald says it best.

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[LudwigPastorius]

13. "So just pray on it & make sure you're comfortable with ur decision..."

[renate]

14. The replies really are hilarious!

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[Nevilledog]

15. Yes they are...

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[smirkymonkey]

31. OMG, that episode was hilarious!

[Historic NY]

16. Its easier to block the stupid.

[rockfordfile]

19. I never seen that person or heard of that person. Clearly that person is a pos

[Sgent]

22. I wouldn't call her that

although I wouldn't trust her ability to evaluate scientific information (even before this). She's a Grammy winning rap star.

[Evan1980]

23. She's attacking Joy Reid too after being called out.

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[Polybius]

24. A bit off topic, but here's an interesting question:

Is sudden impotency a good enough reason to call off a wedding, or is it cruel?

[ProfessorGAC]

27. Fair Question

But, impotence that exists prior to marriage is grounds for annulment. That's not the case if it occurs after the marriage.
Here in Illinois, though impotence is not to be considered in a divorce.
So, is it enough reason to call off the wedding? Probably, since it's grounds for annulment.
All that said, I don't believe a bit of this Minaj story.
I think she's making the whole thing up.

[Caliman73]

35. It can be both, at the very same time...

Human behavior and decision making is complex. Perhaps the partner really wanted to have biological children with the other partner and as a result of the impotence, that desire is no longer possible. To some, it would be grounds to terminate the relationship. Cruel? Sure, you can make that argument. Valid? That argument can be made as well. People cancel weddings and terminate relationships for many reasons from "cold feet", to realizing that they are getting married for the wrong reasons, to just not feeling that same attraction/connection to the partner. Any decision can be cruel and painful, but that doesn't make it not valid.

Here is my take on the topic in general. Minaj tweeted a story with very little context, in order to address a serious and significant public health situation and decision. We don't know of the story is even real, what the underlying issues were, whether the "impotence" was from any vaccine or from a STI as some are responding, etc...

The point is that anecdotal information is not evidence and should NEVER be put out as reasoning on which to make a complex medical decision, especially when it affects public health. Influencers like Minaj need to think twice about what they send out, because a lot of impressionable people (especially young people) see their opinion as carrying weight.

[LeftinOH]

26. Swollen testicles. That's probably chlamydia...

[AngryOldDem]

30. That is the general consensus.

[AngryOldDem]

29. Tucker Carlson approves of this text.

So does that mean his balls swelled up after his vaccine, too?

[jcgoldie]

34. ugh

[edhopper]

36. One time, in Band Camp

I heard....

[Tom Kitten]

37. A message from Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend's best man

Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend's best man (Brent Terhune) also had something to say...

https://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2021/09/nicki-minajs-cousins-friends-swollen