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Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (nCoV-2019)

Who's cousin's friend's spouse wants to refute this?

Sorry Nicki, No One in Trinidad Suffered ‘Swollen Testicles’ From the Vaccine ​



“We wasted so much time yesterday running down this false claim,” health minister of Trinidad and Tobago said of rapper’s viral tweet about her cousin’s friend
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The health minister of Trinidad and Tobago challenged Nicki Minaj’s claim about a cousin’s friend who suffered swollen testicles as a result of the Covid-19 vaccine, noting that — after an exhaustive search — no patients with that condition have been reported to medical professionals in the Caribbean nation.

Dr. Terrence Deyalsingh held a press conference Wednesday to debunk Minaj’s outlandish claim about a hitherto unreported side effect of the Covid-19 vaccine that allegedly resulted in “impotency” and the disintegration of the rapper’s cousin’s friend’s engagement. The health minister also criticized Minaj for spreading the unconfirmed rumor that health officials had to waste precious hours looking into.
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“One of the reason we could not respond yesterday in real-time to Ms. Minaj was because we had to check and make sure what she was claiming was either true or false,” Deyalsingh told reporters, stifling his own laughter mid-sentence.
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“We did, and unfortunately we wasted so much time yesterday running down this false claim. It is — as far as we know, at this point in time — there has been no such reported as a side effect,” he added.

On Monday, Minaj caused a social media uproar — even among her own Barbz fanbase — when she revealed that she wouldn’t be attending the 2021 Met Gala because they required the guests be vaccinated, which she isn’t. The rapper then infamously added, “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.”
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“What was sad about this is that it wasted our time yesterday trying to track down, because we take all of these claims seriously, [whether] it’s based on social media or mainstream media,” Deyalsingh added Wednesday. While Minaj didn’t outright state the her Trinidadian cousin’s friend also resides the island, Deyalsingh noted, “As we stand now, there is absolutely no reported such side effect or adverse event of testicular swelling in Trinidad or, I dare say, anywhere else in the world.”

Deyalsingh’s remarks echoed that of Dr. Anthony Fauci, who — when pressed about the swollen testicles claim — said of the rumored side effect, “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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My band just put out a new album. :)
 
DSC said:
This sounds exactly like what we have today and what we used when we went to Montreal 10 days ago. We showed our paper receipt and photo ID.
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But here in Ontario unvaccinated people are legally allowed to dine on the patio and order take out and use the restrooms. So restaurants/bars will now have to spend more money they don't have to hire security guards to make sure no unvaccinated people are sitting inside. This is just another added cost to the restaurants, it's going to kill them. It would have so much easier if it was a 100% ban on people who are not vaccinated from entering the premises, that would actually help restaurants out.

My friend who runs a restaurant said they are closing the patio next week, they will lose thousands of dollars since the weather looks fantastic, other wise he will have to hire security guards.
 
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Pfizer will seek FDA emergency use for its COVID-19 vaccine in younger children​

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Former FDA commissioner and Pfizer board member Scott Gottlieb said that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine could be available to children aged 5 to 11 years old by Halloween.

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb predicted Sunday that the agency will authorize Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in children ages 5 to 11 years old by the end of October, according to a CBS report.

In an interview with "Face the Nation," Gottlieb, who serves on Pfizer's board of directors, said Prizer is expecting to have data on its vaccines in young children before the end of September, which will then be filed with the FDA "very quickly." The agency then has said it will be weeks, rather than months, before determining whether it will authorize the vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11.

"In a best-case scenario, given that timeline they've just laid out, you could potentially have a vaccine available to children aged 5 to 11 by Halloween," Gottlieb said. "If everything goes well, the Pfizer data package is in order, and FDA ultimately makes a positive determination, I have confidence in Pfizer in terms of the data that they've collected. But this is really up to the Food and Drug Administration to make an objective determination."
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Pfizer has been conducting clinical trials of its two-dose vaccine in children 2 years and older, and its approval could be crucial to helping combat the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant in schools. Children represent 25% of new COVID-19 infections.

The shot has already been authorized for children ages 12 to 15 years old, and Gottlieb said he believes COVID vaccines will eventually be among those required for children in public schools, the report said.

"I think you're going to see more local school districts and governors make those recommendations," he said. "Eventually ACIP is going to make a recommendation about whether this should be included in the childhood immunization schedule. My guess is they're waiting for more of the vaccines to be fully licensed to make that kind of a recommendation. But I would expect this eventually to be required as part of the childhood immunization schedule."

For parents who may be wary of their children receiving a vaccine that is under emergency use, rather than fully approved by the FDA for children, Gottlieb encouraged them to consult with their pediatricians, but stressed they are not facing a "binary decision" of getting their children vaccinated against COVID-19 or not, according to the report.
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"There's different ways to approach vaccination. You could go with one dose for now. You could potentially wait for the lower dose vaccine to be available, and some pediatricians may make that judgment. If your child's already had COVID, one dose may be sufficient. You could space the doses out more," he said. "So, there's a lot of discretion that pediatricians can exercise, making largely off-label judgments, but exercising discretion within the context of what an individual child's needs are, their risk is, and what the parents' concerns are."
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