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CNN anchor Chris Cuomo appeared on CNN Thursday night to talk about his COVID-19 diagnosis, sharing that nighttime is a tough time for him.
What happened:
- On Tuesday, Cuomo announced that he had been diagnosed with the COVID-19 disease. He has anchored his show “Prime Time” from his home each night this week, according to CNN.
- On Thursday, Cuomo’s show got preempted for a weekly town hall between Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta. But he appeared on the show to offer an update, according to CNN.
- Cuomo said: “I’m doing well. The beast comes at night. As we know the health care workers have taken to call the virus ‘the beast.’ I understand why. My fever has gone up a couple of degrees in like the last 30 minutes. Nights are tough, and I’ve learned something that I didn’t know before: It is responsible journalism to say that 80% of people who get this, statistically, wind up OK, meaning they don’t get a hospital, they get through it. It is not humanly responsible, though, from an ethical perspective. Now that I am one of the anointed and these people reach out to me — you suffer when you have this at home, unless you are ridiculously lucky, statistically, and maybe karmically as well.”
- Cuomo said he lost 13 pounds in three days.
Another CNN anchor tests positive
- CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin announced Friday on Instagram she tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing symptoms Thursday.
- She wrote on Instagram: “I am OKAY. It came on suddenly yesterday afternoon. Chills, aches, fever.”