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ROCK star Jackson Browne is the latest celebrity to announce he has tested positive for coronavirus after he began to feel “mild symptoms” in recent weeks.
The 71-year-old Rock Hall of Fame inductee is on the mend from his Los Angeles home after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier this month.
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The Doctor My Eyes singer revealed to Rolling Stone: “As soon as I had a small cough and a temperature, I tested [for coronavirus].
“My symptoms are really pretty mild, so I don’t require any kind of medication and certainly not hospitalization or anything like that,” he added.
While the legendary musician could not pinpoint where he contracted the disease, he told the magazine he suspects it was during his March 12 trip to New York for the Love Rocks NYC benefit concert.
The star-filled event also featured Cyndi Lauper, Dave Matthews, Warren Haynes, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks.
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He also revealed that he is not the only one from the celebrity charity concert who been diagnosed: “Now it turns out that several people who were at that show have tested positive.
“I’m going to try and get in touch with everybody and keep talking with them.”
Jackson admitted he regrets the 3,000 mile trip: “Now I wish I hadn’t gone to New York and done this benefit.
“I think to myself, how much simpler would it have been had I just called in and said, ‘No, I’m not going to travel on a cross-country flight and spend two days in New York with all these people that are singing all over the country.'”
The Somebody’s Baby crooner has been quarantined at home for 10 days and admitted with a laugh: “It’s not that long, but it feels like forever.”
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Despite the yearning to go out, Jackson urged his fans to stay at home: “So many people that have it aren’t going to be tested. 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.”
Jackson said he “feels lucky” he is not more “badly affected” and sent an optimistic reminder to his fanbase:
“I don’t think my case is that important, but it might be helpful to know that some people don’t get this really bad.
“The idea that we can contribute to the overall herd immunity. You get over this as quickly as you can and be available to help others.”
According to the CDC, there have been over 44,000 cases and 544 deaths from coronavirus in the United States alone.
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