RAPPER Offset said he will not be getting the Covid vaccine, pointing to a story about some vaccine trial recipients developing facial paralysis.

"I don't trust it," the Migos rapper said in an interview with TMZ. "…I just don't want to be the test dummy."

He pointed to photos that surfaced online of people who had gotten the Pfizer vaccine – which was recently approved for emergency use – and had developed temporary paralysis in their faces.

The US government on Friday said it would continue to monitor for occurrences of the condition – known as Bell's palsy – after four people who had gotten the vaccine developed the symptom.

However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not believe there is a "casual relationship" between the vaccine and the condition.

Offset was asked about a figure that showed only around 14 percent of black Americans trusted the vaccine, and whether he would be more willing to get the shot knowing that Barack Obama had volunteered the get it on camera to encourage faith in vaccine.

"Nah," he replied to the Obama question. "In reality … certain people with certain opportunities get certain things."

The rapper, who is married to Cardi B, went on to say that it's unfair that people with money, fame or power get better medical treatment that regular Americans – citing Rudy Giuliani's Covid treatment as an example.

While the FDA has acknowledged that four people who took the Pfizer vaccine did develop Bell's palsey, the administration does not believe it was a symptom of the vaccine.

In a Saturday morning news conference, FDA directors made it clear that despite the speed with which the vaccine was developed and approved, safety standards were not compromised.

With the exception of a few people who have a history of severe reactions to vaccines, the FDA believes Pfizer's shot will be safe for people ages 16 and up.

An FDA fact sheet states that the likelihood of experiencing a serious side effects from Pfizer's vaccine is extremely low (0.4% of participants in one trial experience one, compared with 0.3% who got a placebo).

The most common side effects are mild, and are similar to those one might experience with the flu shot.

Possible side effects include a a low fever, fatigue, headaches, chills, muscle aches and joint pain.

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