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- Nicki Minaj said she will not be attending the 2021 Met Gala because she is not vaccinated, as the event requires.
- While breakthrough COVID-19 infections can occur, vaccines are very effective in staving on serious illness and death.
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Rapper Nicki Minaj said in a tweet Monday that she would not be attending the 2021 Met Gala because the event required she be vaccinated against COVID-19.
"They want you to get vaccinated for the Met," Minaj said in a tweet Monday afternoon. "If I get vaccinated it won't for the Met. It'll be once I feel I've done enough research. I'm working on that now. In the meantime my loves, be safe. Wear the mask with 2 strings that grips your head & face."
Minaj also revealed on Monday that she had previously contracted COVID-19 and questioned the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines, claiming that rapper Drake told her he got the disease after he had been vaccinated.
While breakthrough COVID-19 infections can occur, the vaccines are very effective in staving on serious illness and death.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.