How else explain why Tom Hanks, whose movies have portrayed him as invincible — prevailing over all sorts of strife and trial from polio to pirates to a plane landing on water — got COVID-19? Hollywood’s A-lister announced on Wednesday that he and his wife, Rita Wilson, had contracted the dreaded coronavirus while shooting an Elvis Presley biopic in Australia. As late-night TV host Trevor Noah declared: “It’s almost like coronavirus chose Tom Hanks just to send a message to the rest of us. You know, like ‘If I can get Hanks, I can get to anyone.’”Indeed, the virulent reach of COVID-19 cuts across race and social status and spares no one. Hanks calm announcement, however, helps.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 14, 2020 22:07 UTC