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Chris Rock Advocates For COVID-19 Vaccination As He Reveals Positive Test

“Trust me you don’t want to get this. Get vaccinated,” he tweeted

Nobody is exempt from the possibility of contracting the deadly virus known as COVID-19. As actor Chris Rock found out recently, it’s a force of nature and he urges fans to get vaccinated. 

According to Yahoo!, the fully vaccinated 56-year-old comedian informed his Twitter followers that he had contracted the virus. “I just found out I have COVID, trust me you don’t want this. Get vaccinated,” he tweeted. 

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The former star of Saturday Night Live didn’t specify if he contracted the Delta variant. During a visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in May 2021, he revealed that he received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a single-dose vaccine. “The food stamps of vaccines,” Rock said. 

Rock joked, “I used my celebrity, Jimmy. I Did Pootie Tang, let me in the front of the line.” 

At the top of this year, Rock did an in-depth interview with Gayle King, where he said he “can’t wait” to get the vaccine. 

We wish him a speedy recovery!

 

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