Dozens of Sundance Movie Pageant attendees fell unwell on the heels of the star-studded occasion — in what one professional says could have been early, undiagnosed coronavirus instances, in line with a report.
The festival-goers — together with actors, writers and trade honchos — had been struck by fever, cough and shortness of breath after packed theater screenings in late January, in line with hollywoodreporter.com.
“All of us had the identical signs, all had the cough, all had bother respiration at evening,” stated indie actress Ashley Jackson, who attended the competition in Park Metropolis, Utah, on Jan. 27. “We had been all simply depressing for 3 to 4 weeks.”
She added, “I began texting different individuals who had been at Sundance, and one stated, ‘Yo, we simply began calling it the Sundance Plague,’ ” stated Jackson. “After which I see all these coronavirus tales, and I used to be like, ‘Whoa.’ ”
Of the handfuls of festival-goers interviewed by the outlet, almost all knew of others who suffered from a illness just like theirs after attending.
In a single case, an unnamed film star turned “gravely unwell” — and in one other, a member of the media was “barely useful.”
“[I] was as sick as I’ve ever been for 2 weeks. Solely actually felt 100 % by the weekend of the Oscars,” stated Franklin Leonard, founding father of the trade publication Black Listing.
Paige McGarvin, a 23-year-old actress, stated her thriller sickness was ultimately recognized as “flu-like signs and exacerbated bronchial asthma” in early February.
“I've by no means felt extra depressing. I couldn’t open my eyes. I put one thing over my face, and I couldn’t even sleep. My physique simply harm,” she stated. “I [could] barely breathe after I cough; it’s like I can’t cease coughing sufficient to inhale.”
Dean Hart, a microbiologist and professional in virus transmission, says there’s a excessive probability the coronavirus swept by way of the internationally famend competition as a result of the lockdown in Wuhan, China — floor zero for the outbreak — didn’t occur till after the occasion had began.
“Logic dictates that they likely did have it,” Hart stated. “With Sundance, you’ve acquired the proper components for this virus to actually go to city and contaminate everyone.”
The primary US case of COVID-19 was confirmed Jan. 21 in Washington state, two days earlier than the competition started.
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