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Published 13:22 15 Sept 2021 BST
Updated 13:22 15 Sept 2021 BST

Boris Johnson 'not as familiar with the works of Nicki Minaj as I probably should be' (Photo by Dan Kitwood-WPA Pool/Getty Images)[/caption]
“But I am familiar with Nikki Kanani, superstar GP of Bexley who’s appeared many times before you, who will tell you that vaccines are wonderful and everybody should get them. So I prefer to listen to Nikki Kanani.”
Florian Krammer, a professor at the Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who specialises in viruses and vaccines, is one of many experts alongside Whitty who are calling out Minaj's claim on social media.
In a post Krammer said: "Clamydia is a more likely explanation - and may also explain why the relationship ended. While there is unfortunately no licensed vaccine against chlamydia yet, there are vaccines against other STDs, like HBV and HPV. Maybe spread that information instead of misinformation."
Minaj appeared back on social media with a bizarre British accent to respond to Johnson and Whitty's criticisms after the press conference.
“Yes, hello prime minister Boris, it’s Nicki Minaj," she said in a tweet with a sound recording embedded.
“I was just calling to tell you that I thought you were so amazing on the news this morning and I’m actually British. I was born there, I went to university there, I went to Oxford.
“I went to school with Margaret Thatcher and she told me so many nice things about you. I’d love to send you my portfolio of my work, since you don’t know much about me, I’m a big, big star in the United States.”
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