Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson Want To Donate Their Blood For Coronavirus Research

Roommates, Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson were among some of the first celebrities to announce they tested positive for the coronavirus. Now, they want to help in any way they can to fight the disease.

According to CNN, after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and recovering gracefully, Tom and Rita say they are willing to donate their blood to research because their blood now carries coronavirus antibodies.

“We have not only been approached, we have said, ‘Do you want our blood? Can we give plasma?'” Tom said during a podcast on NPR.”And in fact, we will be giving it now to the places that hope to work on what I would like to call the ‘Hank-ccine'”.

 

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Hello, folks. @ritawilson and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive. Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks’ will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no? We’ll keep the world posted and updated. Take care of yourselves! Hanx!

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As we previously reported, Tom and Rita tested positive for COVID-19 while away in Australia, and self-quarantined for about two weeks before they returned to the states. The two have recovered well after feeling body aches and slight fevers.