Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift took to social media to urge fans to take COVID-19 seriously.
They both advised their fans to social distance themselves and avoid crowds.
Taylor took to her Instagram Story on Sunday and wrote, “I follow you online and I love you guys so much and need to express my concern that things aren’t being taken seriously enough right now,”
“I’m seeing lots of get-togethers and hangs and parties still happening. This is the time to cancel plans, actually, truly isolate as much as you can, and don’t assume that because you don’t feel sick that you aren’t possibly passing something on to someone elderly or vulnerable to this.”
“It’s a really scary time but we need to make social sacrifices right now.”
The 30-year-old singer’s message came after her fellow pop star Ariana spoke about the coronavirus. Ariana posted a series of tweets criticizing those underestimating the situation, saying, “It’s really blowing my mind.”
“I keep hearing from a surprising amount of people statements like ‘this isn’t a big deal’ / ‘we’ll be fine’…’we still have to go about our lives’ and it’s really blowing my mind,” she tweeted. “I understand if that is how u felt weeks ago. but please read about what’s going on. please don’t turn a blind eye.”
“It is incredibly dangerous and selfish to take this situation that lightly. the ‘we will be fine because we’re young’ mindset is putting people who aren’t young and / or healthy in a lot of danger. you sound stupid and privileged and you need to care more about others. like now.”
In California and other areas, officials are telling people to cancel all gatherings of 250 or more people and encouraging “social distancing” measures.
In New York City, public school systems will start shutting down. The coronavirus has killed more than 6,500 worldwide, and infected over 169,000, according to an estimate from Johns Hopkins University.
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