Kate Winslet, Matt Damon and More Contagion Stars Reunite for Coronavirus PSAs
, the latter of whom revealed on Tuesday that he has contracted the virus, or COVID-19, which has infected more than 590,000 people worldwide."It means stay six feet away from another person," he says."It means not gathering in groups and it means staying home or sheltering in place, if that's what government officials are telling you to do. People can have COVID-19 and have very mild symptoms or no symptoms at all.
"I know it's frightening to wake up every day and to see on the news that more people have died," he says."But the overwhelming majority of us are going to live. Every day the number of those who are being cured will increase and our scientists can learn from how their immune systems defeated the virus and discover treatments until we have a vaccine."
"So until we have a cure, you can be that, for the people where you live and for the people that you love," he says."We can beat this thing together just by staying apart."says in her PSA,"I'm not a scientist, I'm an actor. I'm also a daughter, a wife and a mother. I realize that this virus is a threat to all of us and so I am hoping we can learn not to be a threat to each other."Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on NBC, MSNBC and NBC News NOW.
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