[Red State] Just breaking across the wires that actor Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson have tested positive for the Wuhan virus.They’re the first celebrities who have announced they are positive and they were down in Australia for work on an Elvis Presley movie in which Hanks is playing Col. Tom Parker, Elvis’ manager.
Hanks and his wife are both 63. The virus tends to hit the elderly more and they have more problems with it. Very few children are affected.
Hanks said they had been feeling tired and achy, that Rita had chills and fever so they got tested and both were positive.
Here’s his statement from his account.