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Posted on 03/11/2020 6:37:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Bringing the rapidly spreading global pandemic home to Hollywood in a dramatic way, Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson announced Wednesday that they have tested positive for the coronavirus.
In a statement relayed through their representative, Hanks said the two contracted the illness in Australia, where the actor is currently filming Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis Presley biopic, in which Hanks is playing Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Hanks and Wilson are both 63 years old.
“Hello, folks,” Hanks writes in the statement. “Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive.”
Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks’ will be tested observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no? We’ll keep the world posted and updated. Take care of yourselves!”
Shortly after releasing the statement, Hanks tweeted an image of a surgical glove in a garbage can.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Could it be that all of Hollywood will be quarantined?
And reportedly type 2 diabetes.
Only thing I want to know concerning this story is who is playing Elvis?
It looks like that soccer ball with the bloody handprint on it from Castaway.
Wow, lots of people filming a big production like that.
& Hanks, big “star”..probably has people hanging all over him 24-7, assistants & publicists, etc..
I’m sure most of Hollywood are infected with one thing or another. Seeing what they produce, it’s a wonder most of them aren’t dead already.
And yet, won’t use obamacare...
I cam’t wait to see how the media in this country spin it when they both recover.
already done...
Amen. It’s no loss for us.
There are no favorites with this virus.
The test is done by polymer chain reaction. Nasopharyngeal swabs and sputum (if available) are tested. Polymer chain reaction works by replicating strands of DNA particles that match a known starter sequence (called a primer) specific to the virus. As long as you have the primer for your PCR machine you are good to go. The technology has been around for quite some time and most Hospital labs in major metropolitan hospitals have one. An industrial country like Australia would have numerous labs across the country that can test for it. For smaller countries they probably engage labs at a near by bigger country. It will take longer for results but you should be able to get them back in a few days worst case.
Turn around time in the US has been improving as the CDC sent primer kits to all major labs and I believe regulations are being relaxed so that major hospitals can test on site if they have the correct equipment.
Diabetes? Crap. Thats bad.
The globalism uber alles virus has devastated Wuhan and is currently devastating Italy. Hanks may be faking it to try to downplay how bad this is. He’s definitely on the globalism uber alles bandwagon.
I hope it's an African-American woman because diversity you know... like Captain Marvel, etc.
It's Hollywood, after all...
Tom Hanks is gonna die? And Rita, too??? OMG!!!!
“Just wait until you hear that entire team of NBA Is quarantined in an arena and NBA just suspended the season...but oh hey..its just the flu”
They did suspend games, I think I heard.
It’s less dangerous than the flu in terms of people who will die from it.
The disease seems to have about 5-10 fold higher rate of death than the flu and individual cases where people recover are probably more incapacitating than cases of flu on average.
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