Sturgill Simpson says he's tested positive for COVID-19 nearly a month after experiencing symptoms
Sturgill Simpson has revealed that he's tested positive for coronavirus despite not experiencing symptoms for nearly a month.
The country singer/songwriter has revealed in a new Instagram post that he tested positive for the virus almost a month after attempting to get a test in hospital when he was experiencing symptoms.
He reveals on his Instagram post that he toured Western Europe before returning to the US, where his tour got cancelled on 12 March. The next morning he went to hospital with "chest pains, fever, and pre-stroke blood pressure levels."
Simpson adds, "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."
He goes on to reveal that a month on, he and his wife found a "free drive-thru testing facility", and on 10 April Simpson received the results - he tested positive and his wife tested negative.
The country singer writes, "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."
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Sturgill Simpson (@sturgillsimpson) on Apr 11, 2020 at 10:57am PDT
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