Ant Middleton has told people to ‘calm the f**k down’ about the coronavirus outbreak.
In a lengthy message on Instagram, the SAS: Who Dares Wins star said the virus ‘doesn’t bother’ him because he is ‘strong and able and it as no benefit or positive impact on my life.’
He wrote: ‘If you are vunerable to covid-19 then the ‘expert advice’ is yours to take onboard, listen to it! Because it doesn’t effect me, it is merely “advice”!
‘That however doesn’t mean I am not sensitive towards the situation and towards others but I’m treating this situation like I would ANY given situation, with ‘COMMON SENSE’. Does covid-19 effect me?.. ‘NO’!’
Ant continued further on: ‘Even if you do contract the virus, some of you won’t even know about it or some of you will have a s**t couple of days at work wondering if you have it or not!
‘What about the vunerable I hear you say…”Self isolate” like the experts tell you, protect yourselves, let the strong and able (like the majority of us) look after you, let us do our bit for the community and the economy whilst trying to prevent our own personal lives and families from stooping into unnecessary depression and finiacial difficultly, let us re-establish a bit of normality and contain this fear.
‘If the media went into self isolation for a month I guarantee that normality would resume.
‘Please just go about your lives being humane, sensible and continuing to challenge any difficult situation that presents itself head on, like we always have!
‘Stay calm, stay positive, and use common sense. If there’s ever a time to step up and show up… It’s now!’
The TV star added the hashtags ‘#fuckcovid19’, ‘#calmdown’, ‘#resumenormality’ and #nochangenochange’.
Stars such as Tom Hanks and Idris Elba have confirmed they tested positive for the virus, also known as Covid-19.
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