Offset says he does not trust the new Pfizer coronavirus vaccine enough to take it, pointing to potential early medical problems as result of the fast-developed vaccine in addition to systemic inequalities related to race, money and status.
‘I just don’t want be the test dummy,’ the 28-year-old Migos rapper told TMZ, saying he didn’t trust the government to look out for the needs of Black people.
Asked what would instill his trust in the government, the Georgia native suggested, ‘Do something to help the black community in real life; put in some policies to help us.’
The rap artist, whose real name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, said he would not be moved if he saw former President Barack Obama taking the vaccine in real-time.
‘No because we are blessed, certain people in certain opportunities get certain things,’ he said, referring to the celebrity he and Obama have that opens up a world of privilege.
He referenced former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani getting preferential treatment since his positive diagnosis.
‘Like what’s that politician that had that brown s*** running down his face? He just said that having celebrity status [helped] for his COVID-19 treatment, so I think a lot of that happens in real life,’ he said, referencing that his own fame and status would likely get him a spot at the front of the line.
‘Like if I go to the hospital here they’re going to admit me fast they’re going to get me in faster than normal person which ain’t really fair,’ he said. ‘I wouldn’t want to do that because people who don’t have what I got, they don’t have the opportunity so it ain’t fair and people dying from that s*** – a lot of people, a lot of Black people.’
