Viral Celebrities

How does a celebrity-obsessed society’s reaction to a global pandemic change when celebrities start succumbing to the virus?

And which celebrity will succumb next?

Stay tuned…

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Not a celebrity, but has been in contact with some

Marinakis was also in attendance at Emirates Stadium in late February when Olympiakos beat Arsenal in the previous round of the Europa League.

An Arsenal statement read: "Our home match with Olympiakos in the Europa League was played on Thursday, 27 February and none of our staff who came into contact with Mr Marinakis on that matchday have reported any symptoms since.

“We continue to follow strict protocols with regard to coronavirus. We’re following the government health guidelines and have additional procedures in place to protect our players and staff. This has included regular deep cleaning of areas used by players at Emirates Stadium and our training centre.”

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Does the UK minister of health Nadine Dorries count?

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It’s Daniele Rugani, If you don’t want to read the article that doesn’t actually say much

Juve’s games during the incubation period were against Internazionale (Milan) and SPAL (Ferrara), Rugani was in both squads.

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I guess it’s no longer a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

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Prime minister’s wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, tests positive for COVID-19: PMO

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/prime-ministers-wife-sophie-gregoire-trudeau-tests-positive-for-covid-19-pmo/ar-BB116p3X

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I saw a Tweet that Brazilian Prez Bolsonaro has tested positive, but can’t find authoritative reporting on it yet…

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Those of us old enough to remember the early days of the AIDS pandemic may recall that Hollywood-actor-turned-President Ronald Reagan didn’t even say the name of the disease publicly until fellow actor Rock Hudson was revealed to be dying of it.

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I could not find anything in English, and even in Portuguese there are almost no news about it.

https://odia.ig.com.br/colunas/coluna-esplanada/2020/03/5881947-primeiro-exame-de-bolsonaro-testa-positivo-para-coronavirus.html

It seems that the first test was positive and the results for the second one (confirmatory) are expected to be released today, but without any time specification.

ETA:
The second exam was negative.

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