M.I.A. Chose the Worst Possible Time to Tell Us She’s an Anti-Vaxxer
By
Justin Curto
Photo: Gary Gershoff/Getty Images
In this week’s edition of
We Regret to Inform You During a Pandemic, the world recently learned that rapper M.I.A. is an anti-vaxxer.
The outspoken dance music icon tweeted on March 25, “If I have to choose the vaccine or chip I’m gonna choose death,” in a seemingly unprompted reference to coronavirus. When Twitter user
@thepackisbackk called her an anti-vaxxer, she clarified, “Yeah in America they made me vacinate my child before the school admission. It was the hardest thing. To not have choice over this as a mother. I never wanna feel that again. He was so sick for 3 weeks then Docs had to pump him with antibiotics to reduce the fever from 3 vaxins” in a since-deleted tweet. As if it needs to be said,
vaccines save lives and
are safe. And as if it also needs to be said, to M.I.A.: It always costs $0.00 to not say anything.
Although a COVID-19 vaccine
is currently in trials, one likely won’t be widely available
until 2021, in case M.I.A. has a change of heart. Between now and then, thousands more people
will die, contrary to
her claim that “You are not gonna die. … All the vaccines you ve already had is enough to see you through.” But M.I.A. has already moved onto bigger issues, capping her Twitter storm by
adding, “
Cancelling is irrelevant!” for good measure.
Update, April 3: We again regret to inform you that M.I.A. has logged back on. “I’m not against vaccines. I’m against companies who care more for profit then [
sic] humans,” she claimed in a
new tweet. “I don’t want it coming from banks / tech /hedge fund sector and I want a choice.” (Wanting a choice
sure sounds anti-vaxx.)
The performer also posted
a tweet alluding to a conspiracy theory that 5G internet caused the coronavirus. (
It didn’t.) “Prevention is always better then [
sic] cure. Can you love vax and 5G at the same time?” she then
wondered. “This is a question that gonna take me 2 months to answer . Brb .” We’ll be grateful for that preventative measure.