Brian May, Queen’s guitarist, announced on Saturday that he was positive for COVID-19.
This news was shared by the musician/songwriter, 74 years old, via Instagram with images of his positive test results.
‘Yep. It was the shocking moment that finally happened to me. “The feared double red line,” he said as he started his post.
Health crisis: Queen guitarist Brian May announced on Saturday that he was positive for COVID-19. Picture taken in Seoul, South Korea, January 2020
May featured a close-up of what looked to be an auto-administered rapid antibody test.
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,”Highly transmissible.
“You don’t want it ruining YOUR Christmas,” he said, before signing off to wish his fans a lot of ‘love’.
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
Safety first: The musician urged his followers and fans to ‘PLEASE take extra care out there, good folks,’ as the novel coronavirus was ‘ incredibly transmissible’
May was vocal in his dislike for Eric Clapton as a guitarist. After expressing anti-vaccine views, May 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,’ May 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’ value and described conspiracy theorists for being ‘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.’
Frenemies. The Queen guitarist stated to The Independent, August 2, that Eric Clapton (pictured below in 2020) as well as other anti-vaxxers, were ‘fruitcakes. Clapton is seen in London on March 20, 2020.
May defended the science behind vaccines, claiming that they were safe and effective. ‘On the whole, they’ve been very safe,’ he said; pictured in February 2020 in Sydney, Australia
May’s positive test is occurring amid an increase in UK coronavirus cases as Omicron continues to gain prominence.
On Saturday, at least 90,418 individuals tested positive for COVID-19. Over 513,000 people also tested positive in the last week. This is a 44 percent increase on the week before.
He is most well-known for his blistering solos with Queen and the lead line he sang in the band. Roger May drummed, John Deacon bass, and Freddie Mercury vocals.
Following the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody which won Rami Malk an Academy Award for Mercury’s portrayal, the band saw renewed popularity.
He suffered from health problems: May had a heart attack in January, and he claimed it could have caused his death. After a heart attack, May suffered a stomach bleeding. However, he now says he is well.
In October 2020, May 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.
Additionally, he admitted to having suffered from a stomach bleeding due to the heart medication he took.
He shared that ‘it was quite bad and the complications that followed were very bad’.
However, the singer said that he was focusing now on “cardio rehab” and felt much better.
‘I’m getting strong. He laughed and said, “I’m going soon to be Ironman,”