Sturgill Simpson, penyanyi country positif terinfeksi virus corona

Senin, 13 April 2020 / 07:30 WIB

Reporter: Tri Sulistiowati | Editor: Tri Sulistiowati

KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Sturgill Simpson, Penyanyi musik country pemenang Grammy Award positif terinfeksi virus corona.

Simpson sempat mengalami beberapa gejala yakni demam, nyeri dada, dan tekanan darah tinggi. Sebelumnya, dia dan bandnya sedang melakukan tur konser di Eropa Barat dan Amerika Serikat bagian tengga sejak akhir Januari sampai awal Maret 2020.

Pada 12 Maret 22020, tur konser dibatalkan dan Simpson mendatangi rumah sakit.

Melalui unggahan di Instagram pribadinya @sturgillsimpson Minggu (12/4) Simpson bercerita dokter yang memeriksanya menolak untuk melakukan uji virus corona karena dianggap tidak masuk dalam kriteria pengujian.

Selain itu, sang dokter mengatakan bila Simpson tidak mungkin tertular virus corona.

Tanggal 6 April 2020, Simpson dan istrinya mendapatkan tes virus corona drive-through gratis. Hasilnya, Simpson positif terinfeksi virus corona dan sang istri negatif.

Sekarang, Simpson tengah menjalani masa karantina selama dua minggu.

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Ok since they are in short supply these days here are some facts... We were on tour in Western Europe for two weeks late Jan /early Feb..then up and down the southeast/eastern US playing arena shows mid Feb to early March. We played Charleston, SC on March 10 and they pulled the plug on our tour March 12 and I returned home. This photo was taken at 9am on March 13th when my wife took me to our local hospital ER due to chest pains, fever, and pre-stroke blood pressure levels. I spent an hour listening to a (highly condescending) Doctor refuse to test me because I “did not fit testing criteria” and tell me why it was impossible that I had contracted the virus due to its extreme rarity and that it was not in western Europe yet during that same period (which we now know is incorrect) even though I was told by two nurses that I was the first person their hospital had walk in requesting to be tested. Almost one month later on April 6th my wife and I were both tested after finally finding a free drive-thru testing facility outside a National Guard depot. Yesterday on Friday April 10th, after almost one month without any symptoms, I received a call from the Nashville CDC stating that my test resulted in a positive detection for Covid-19. My wife (who has been by my side since Europe) tested negative. I should also add that the CDC nurse I spoke to yesterday told me that it reacts differently in a case by case basis and the White House briefings and the information they are providing is basically pure speculation causing fear and that the only thing anybody knows is that we don’t really know much yet. All I know is I first felt symptoms a month ago yet Im still positive and contagious and now on quarantine in the dojo until April 19th and really wishing Id taken my wife’s advice and put a bathroom in the floor plans..live and learn. But hey, at least our Government appointed task force headed by a man who does not believe in science is against mass testing and we now have a second task force in the works to “open America back up for business”! Dick Daddy out.

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