17. Slim Thug
The 39-years-old rapper announced on Instagram that he tested positive to the novel coronavirus on March 24.
“The other day I got tested for the coronavirus, yesterday, and it came back positive,” he said, continuing, “As careful as I’ve been self-quarantined and staying home — I might have went and got something to eat or something, simple stuff like that, nothing crazy, stayed in my truck, had mask, gloves, everything on, and my test came back positive.”
Slim Thug experienced mild symptoms before getting tested, a “slight fever and a cough” but those symptoms ameliorated soon after.
Moreover, before contracting COVID-19, he made fun by trolling the virus. He surely didn’t take coronavirus as seriously as he should, he even made jokes about those who had it.
“I was saying stay home and yelling. I was telling people they were going to get it,” Thug says. “I was even making jokes about the NBA with the players who got it.”
“I feel like I put myself in that position on accident by speaking on it so much,” he says. “At that point, I feel like I had to keep it real and be responsible and let everybody know it is real. I got it.”
18. Greg Rikaart
The 43-year-old actor confirmed on his Instagram account that he tested positive for COVID-19 on March 24. The “Young and the Restless” actor was already in quarantine for 11 days and started experiencing difficulty breathing. He was diagnosed with pneumonia.
“I just tested positive for coronavirus. I am a pretty healthy 43-year-old who doesn’t smoke, doesn’t drink much, eats well and exercises regularly and this has been the hardest experience of my life,” he wrote.
He got treated at home, his doctor gave him medication for pneumonia and an inhaler. However, he was instructed to stay on bed rest and go to the hospital if he will experience difficulty breathing.
“It was a long, long battle, and I’m grateful that I never ended up having to go to the hospital,” he says. “It was 12 days of fever, and it was definitely a really challenging experience.”
“There (weren’t) even marginal improvements day to day, and that part was scary, because I never knew if I was at peak of how bad it was going to get, or if it was going to get worse,” he says.
Moreover, for him, the worst part about it all was that he had to keep away from family and loved ones. “When you are scared and vulnerable like that, one of the only things that can make you feel better are your loved ones,” he says. “What’s extra cruel about this disease is this robs you of that.”
Not being able to spend time with his son was definitely the hardest thing he had ever experienced. “My husband would slide a few books under the door at night for me to read, and I would FaceTime my son and read to him,” he calls. “There were some nights where I couldn’t get through a page or two without coughing and having difficulty breathing. It was brutal.”
