More celebrities are opening up about their COVID-19 diagnosis to bring awareness to the illness.
On Friday (April 3), P!nk went on Instagram to share that she and her three-year-old son tested positive for coronavirus two weeks ago. Thankfully, both of them seem to have made it through the worst of the illness.
“Two weeks ago my three-year old son, Jameson, and I are were showing symptoms of COVID-19,” Pink captioned a photo of her and her son. “Fortunately, our primary care physician had access to tests and I tested positive. My family was already sheltering at home and we continued to do so for the last two weeks following the instruction of our doctor. Just a few days ago we were re-tested and are now thankfully negative.”
She also went on to call for mass testing for the disease, pointing out that the virus does not discriminate who it infects.
“It is an absolute travesty and failure of our government to not make testing more widely accessible,” she continued. “This illness is serious and real. People need to know that the illness affects the young and old, healthy and unhealthy, rich and poor, and we must make testing free and more widely accessible to protect our children, our families, our friends and our communities.”
She has also joined the many celebrities who are giving back amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“In an effort to support the healthcare professionals who are battling on the frontlines every day, I am donating $500,000 to the Temple University Hospital Emergency Fund in Philadelphia in honor of my mother, Judy Moore, who worked there for 18 years in the Cardiomyopathy and Heart Transplant Center,” she shared. “Additionally, I am donating $500,000 to the City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Emergency COVID-19 Crisis Fund. THANK YOU to all of our healthcare professionals and everyone in the world who are working so hard to protect our loved ones. You are our heroes!”
She concluded her message with a reminder for her fans: “These next two weeks are crucial: please stay home. Please. Stay. Home.❤️.”
On Sunday, P!nk joined Jen Pastiloff for an Instagram Live Chat where she shared details about her and her son’s experience battling COVID-19.
“There were many nights when I cried,” Pink said. “I’ve never prayed more in my life.”
Their experiences also appear to debunk rumors and speculations suggesting that children show less or are not as badly affected by the symptoms of coronavirus.
“It’s funny, at one point, I heard myself saying, ‘I thought they promised our kids would be OK,'” she shared. “But it’s not guaranteed. There is no one that is safe from this.”
She says that Jameson got “the worst of it.”
“He’s been really, really sick. It’s been really, really scary,” she shared, and later detailed, “I’ve kept a journal of his symptoms for the past three weeks and mine as well. He still, three weeks later, has a 100 temperature. It’s been a rollercoaster for both of us.”
As for her, P!nk has a pre-existing asthma condition, and “It’s been really up and down, and I’ve been on Nebulizers for the first time in 30 years. That’s been really scary for me.”
Thankfully, she says her husband, Carey Hart, and their 8-year-old daughter, Willow, “Have been perfectly fine.”
P!nk is among the latest celebrities who have opened up about their coronavirus diagnosis. Many other celebrities, including Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre, Daniel Dae Kim, Debi Mazar, Kevin Durant, Marcus Smart and more have also opened up about their coronavirus diagnoses in order to bring awareness to the disease.
The virus does not discriminate.
Stay home. Stay safe. Stay positive. Let’s work together to flatten the curve.
