Brian May, Queen’s guitarist, has pleaded with his supporters to receive the Covid vaccine in his continuing battle against the disease.
On Saturday, the 74-year-old musician announced that he was positive for HIV. COVID-19, sharing a picture of his lateral flow test result on Instagram, insisting he had made the ‘wrong decision’ to go to a birthday lunch with wife Anita Dobson, 72.
As a result, he took to Twitter to plead with his friends to help him fight the virus.
Speaking out: Queen guitarist Brian May, 74, has begged his fans to get the Covid vaccine as he continues his ‘truly horrible’ battle with the illness
In a video, he said: ‘We decided we would go to a birthday lunch and we thought, well this is the last social function we would go to – not that we go to many anyway, we’ll chance it, everybody’s going to be triple-jabbed, everybody’s going to be with one of these things [lateral flow test] which says you’ll be negative on the morning.’
Brian stated that he didn’t wear a mask to the party because he believed it would be safe in a bubble.
Two days after the party, eight of his guests tested positive for Covid. Anita was also beginning to experience symptoms, even though they had not received lateral flow testing.
Open book. Brian wrote of his Covid experience on an additional Instagram post: “My body was infected by enough Coronavirus organisms that to bring me down.”
Unwanted result: The musician announced on Saturday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 , sharing a picture of his lateral flow test result on Instagram
Expressing his gratitude at having relatively mild symptoms, Brian told his fans: ‘I can’t emphasise to you enough: This is not the response that my body would have made on its own. It’s making this response because I’ve had three Pfizer jabs.
‘And I beg you, and implore you, to go and get jabbed if you’re not already. You need it.
Brian posted a second post on day 8 of his 10-day quarantine. He wrote: “Day 8 is for me, the 8th day since my body was infected with enough Coronavirus organisms that they could bring me down.”
Important message
‘Firstly, I think I was a little too optimistic yesterday, imagining that the red “T“ line was looking fainter. It’s a different test kit today – but the lines look pretty much of equal intensity today.
‘So I’m assuming the battle inside my body is still in progress. The dry, wheezy feeling in my throat is back today. There’s also a fountain of irritation to one of my sinuses.
‘I also keep falling asleep – not in a peaceful kind of way, but in a “I can’t keep my eyes open another second” kind of way. So it’s a damn good job this happened at a time when I’m NOT crazy busy as usual.’
Brian made a mistake by claiming he had taken the wrong decision to attend Anita Dobson’s 72-year-old birthday dinner. He believed that all the attendees were fully vaccinated. (Photo: November).
He continued: ‘Sorry – this stuff isn’t entertaining any more – but I figure at least I can report it as info that might help somebody out there to feel less apprehensive.
‘I’m fundamentally OK. Just feeling a bit c**p and frustrated at not being able to be out and about at this time of year. But I think we’re all feeling a bit of that – right ?
‘And it’s so clear that the new Omicron variant is completely out of control in the UK. And most likely in all of humanity.
“Talking about which.. Does anyone out there know which variant they caught?” I don’t.
‘I have been told that this information isn’t available from the NHS tests. If that’s the case, where are all these statistics coming from every day? I’d be very interested to hear from anyone who knows the answer to this.
Is he on the mend now? ‘It has been a truly horrible few days, but I’m OK. And I will tell the tale,’ May wrote, suggesting he was on the upswing
Good luck to all and many hugs! I say again … it’s very apparent now that although the lateral flow test is a useful guide, if you get a negative result tomorrow morning, you cannot 100% guarantee that you are not infected and infectious all day.
“So keep your safety in mind. Use masks, social distance, and common sense. Don’t go to any gathering inside unless you feel that the risk is worthwhile.
‘As my dear Mum used to say (in half-jest) — ”Do as I say – not as I do!”‘
Brian posted an Instagram message last week telling his followers that he was suffering from coronavirus.
‘Yep. It was the shocking moment that finally happened to me. He began to write about the feared double red line.
A close-up shot of what looked to be an auto-administered rapid-antigen test was included in the star.
As his health was improving, he urged fans to forget about’sympathy.
‘It has been a truly horrible few days, but I’m OK. And I will tell the tale,’ he continued.
As the new coronavirus, the musician asked his fans and followers to “PLEASE be extra careful out there, good people,”“Incredibly transmissible”
“You don’t want it ruining YOUR Christmas,” he said, before signing off to wish his fans a lot of ‘love”.
Frenemies. The Queen guitarist stated to The Independent, August 2, that Eric Clapton, (pictured in 2020), and the other anti-vaxxers were “fruitcakes”. Clapton is seen in London on March 20, 2020.
Brian was vocal in his hatred of Eric Clapton as a guitarist. After expressing anti-vaccine views, he vowed never to play at any venues that ask for proof of COVID-19 vaccine.
‘I love Eric Clapton, he’s my hero, but he has very different views from me in many ways,’ Brian told The Independent in August. ‘He’s a person who thinks it’s OK to shoot animals for fun, so we have our disagreements, but I would never stop respecting the man.’
He then supported the science of vaccines and described conspiracy theorists in the field as “fruitcakes.”
‘Anti-vax people, I’m sorry, I think they’re fruitcakes,’ he said. ‘There’s plenty of evidence to show that vaccination helps. On the whole, they’ve been very safe. There’s always going to be some side effect in any drug you take, but to go around saying vaccines are a plot to kill you, I’m sorry, that goes in the fruitcake jar for me.’
It was safe and effective. May continued to defend vaccine science. ‘On the whole, they’ve been very safe,’ he said; pictured in February 2020 in Sydney, Australia
Star’s positive coronavirus test came amid an increase in cases of the Omicron variant in the UK.
On Monday, at least 91 743 people were tested for COVID-19. Omicron is threatening to ruin Christmas. Scientists are urging Boris Johnson, Prime Minister, to increase restrictions to stop the spread of the virus.
Johnson created a booster vaccination program to stop the spread Omicron. All double-vaccinated adult will receive the booster dose by January 11.
Brian is most well-known for his blistering solos with Queen and the lead line he played in the band. This group featured Roger May (drums), Brian Mercury (vocals) and John Deacon (bass).
After the 2018 movie Bohemian Rhapsody won Rami Malek an Academy Award, they saw a surge in popularity. This film portrayed Mercury’s character.
May had an earlier heart attack that could have caused him to die. Later, he suffered from a stomach hemorhage due to his heart medication. He has since stated that he is doing well. pictured in 2019 with Adam Lambert
In October 2020, Brian told Good Morning Britain ‘I nearly lost my life’ after he suffered a heart attack back in May, which required stents to be inserted to open blocked arteries.
Also, he said that he had suffered stomach bleeding from the medication he was on for his heart.
He shared that he thought it was “pretty bad” and added, “The complications that followed were quite bad.”
However, the singer said that he was concentrating on “cardio rehab” now. He also stated that he felt much better.
‘I’m getting strong. He joked that he was going to Ironman very soon.
Music makers: Brian (second from right) is pictured here with Queen band members Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury and John Deason in January 1978