Posted on 04/03/2020 12:33:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The musician, whose songs "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" and "Sailing" topped the Billboard Hot 100, urged his fans to take the growing global pandemic seriously. Singer-songwriter Christopher Cross has been diagnosed with the coronavirus. The five-time Grammy winner shared the news in a lengthy Facebook post Friday.
"I'm sorry to report that I am among the growing number of Americans who tested positive for the COVID-19 virus," he wrote. "Although I am fortunate enough to be cared for at home, this is possibly the worst illness I've ever had."
The musician, whose songs "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" and "Sailing" topped the Billboard Hot 100, urged his fans to take the growing global pandemic seriously.
"For those of you who still do not believe the COVID-19 virus is real, or think it is a 'hoax' or part of some conspiracy, my advice to you is to understand right now that this is a deadly illness spreading like wildfire throughout the world," he continued. "PLEASE make every attempt to stall the spread of the virus."
After sharing a few tips on how people can help flatten the curve — including "follow the SCIENCE" and a link to the CDC's page about the coronavirus — he concluded his note with a reminder. "Wherever you are in the world, let's all be kind to one another," Cross wrote. "Only if we work together can we defeat COVID-19."
Since the spread of the coronavirus, there are more than 1 million known cases worldwide, and nearly 56,000 deaths. Multiple celebrities have spoken out about contracting and recovering from the virus; several musicians have also died due to complications from COVID-19.
Hopefully, it won’t take him away.
lol
I don’t care if it does or doesnt.
The whole world should be kind to each other right now.
liberals live in such a fake world.
I agree with him about taking common sense precautions but if we stop living altogether; how is that different than actually dying?
Be smart like everyone you meet has a case of the flu you don’t want to catch.
All he needs is a miracle....
This claims a 5% death rate?
Be kind to people like Hollywierd is to President Trump and his supporters.
AAANNNNNDDDDD - another high-profile case where the reporterette “forgot” to ask what the treatment regimen is...
I know it’s crazy, but it’s true.
Not a low number if your one of that 5%
Must have caught it while between the moon and New York city.
He needs to run, run like the wind, for hydroxychloroquoinine.
“This claims a 5% death rate?”
no one knows the death rate because all we know is how many have died, but not how many have been infected and didn’t die, and without knowing how many have been infected and didn’t die, then we can’t compute a death rate ...
Actually rhymed!
San Antonio boy - always liked his style.
Well, I hope he recovers and I wish him well, but I am kind of getting suspicious about people getting the virus at this late stage and then giving us advice. He isn’t a medical professional or a Walmart employee. Apparently he didn’t take his devotion to science too seriously a couple of weeks ago.
Dr. Fauci happy, as long as there is a coronavirus case we can keep the country shut down.
We probably don’t even have an accurate number of how many died.
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