“COVID-19 vaccines could cause men to become "impotent.”
What FactCheck.org found
Public health experts have explained erectile dysfunction is not a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines, but a viral tweet from Nicki Minaj spread the unfounded claim that it is. There is no evidence to support the claim.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Nicki Minaj (Rapper) made this claim around 13 September 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 September 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Nicki Minaj has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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