Noooo! Jackson Browne has tested positive (and has a message)

[Roland99]

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Jackson Browne has tested positive for the coronavirus and has a message for anyone still not taking the virus seriously https://rol.st/2Jd7PiX

Jackson Browne was suspicious that something was not right when he started feeling ill in recent weeks. “As soon as I had a small cough and a temperature, I tested [for COVID-19],” he says. The Rock Hall of Fame inductee tells Rolling Stone that he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is currently recuperating at his Los Angeles home. “My symptoms are really pretty mild, so I don’t require any kind of medication and certainly not hospitalization or anything like that,” he adds.

The 71-year-old musician isn’t sure where he got it, but he suspected his recent trip to New York for the annual Love Rocks NYC benefit, which also featured Cyndi Lauper, Dave Matthews, Warren Haynes, Susan Tedeschi, and Derek Trucks, may have been the source. “So many people that have it aren’t going to be tested,” he says. “They don’t have symptoms, but they might have it and might be able to pass it on. That’s what younger readers need to understand: They need to take part in the global response to stop the spread. That means not going anywhere, not getting into contact with anybody, not seeing anybody.”

Browne spoke with Rolling Stone about the pandemic, how he’s handling his time in quarantine, and what advice he has for others who aren’t taking it seriously.

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There seem to be a lot of younger people that aren’t afraid of getting it.
I think what young people need to know everywhere [is] they may be less likely, but they have to treat it. They can spread this disease by not taking it seriously. They can spread it to somebody by presuming they won’t have any adverse effects themselves, and they can therefore keep partying and going where they want to go. It’s just not true. They have to understand that everybody is part of the response to this.

Much more interview at the link

[Baclava]

1. He sounds pretty relaxed, very mild symptoms, get well soon!

[hlthe2b]

2. I hope so...

[Freddie]

3. Get well soon!

One of the actors on the soap I watch has it. Says he’s recuperating at home. He has “kissy” scene with his onscreen wife who is pregnant IRL. The show tapes 6 weeks in advance so hopefully she and her baby are ok.

[James48]

4. There are lives in the balance!

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. These governments killing their own.

[johnthewoodworker]

6. Waiting for someone else to be the one that cares.

[RandiFan1290]

7. "As soon as I had a small cough and a temperature, I tested [for COVID-19]," he says.

While seriously ill people beg to be tested.

[zackymilly]

8. Yep, must be nice to be able to bypass the common sick people and get tested. n/t

[Goodheart]

9. These days before the deluge he's running on empty

Turn, turn, turn in the shape of a heart, for everyman is somebody's baby.