Kristofer Hivju, aka Tormund Giantsbane, has tested positive for coronavirus. Noooo. Why is the coronavirus latching itself to Tormund, Idris Elba and Tom Hanks and, like, not any of the conservative douchebags who caused a pandemic through misinformation? It’s bonkers. Anyway, Kristofer is a Norweigen actor and while he now works frequently in American and British productions, he was in Norway when he tested positive and so he and his family are quarantining.
Kristofer Hivju, best known for playing the formidable, bearded Tormund on “Game of Thrones,” is the latest actor to test positive for the coronavirus. Hivju revealed the diagnosis in an Instagram post, saying that he is currently self-quarantining with his family in Norway.
“Sorry to say that I, today, have tested positive for COVID19, Corona virus,” Hivju said. “My (family) and I are self-isolating at home for as long as it takes. We are in good health – I only have mild symptoms of a cold. There are people at higher risk for who this virus might be a devastating diagnosis, so I urge all of you to be extremely careful; wash your hands, keep 1,5 meters distance from others, go in quarantine; just do everything you can to stop the virus from spreading. Together we can fight this virus and avert a crisis at our hospitals. Please take care of each other, keep your distance, and stay healthy!”
News of Hivju’s diagnosis comes just over three weeks after he was cast in season 2 of “The Witcher,” playing the role of Nivellen.
It sounds like he’s doing all of the right things and Norway has socialized medicine so he probably had easy access to testing and treatment. Miss Corona really is attacking the best men. It seems like the virus has – thus far – been more deadly for men than women too. Anyway… stay safe, all of you giant Norwegian men.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
So the Coronoavirus has the same taste in men as I do (Hanks excluded) 🤔.
Me too, he’s my celebrity crush!
Tormund will kick Covoid19’s butt
Oh no!!! Good thing both he and his wife are kissed by fire, for the virus can barely stand high temperatures 😉 in all seriousness, wish him all the best. I’m sure he’s doing all the right things and has access to a good health system.
I keep reading comments elsewhere complaining that celebrities are getting tested when nobody else can. People don’t seem to notice that for most of them it’s because they are not in the USA right now- they are in other countries where most people CAN get tested!
That’s what I was thinking. That’s part of why these guys have tested positive while the ones spreading misinformation aren’t, because the ones denying science are in the U.S. where we don’t have adequate testing. Idris Elba doesn’t even have symptoms? He wouldn’t have been tested in the U.S.
A bit of a conspiracy theory here- and this may have been proposed before, but the people who are open and candid about their diagnosis do not have skin in the game when it comes to the political obfuscation surrounding the parameters of the pandemic. The celebrities’ agenda is to raise awareness, rather than to diminish the seriousness of the situation on the ground.
I thought I read you likely would have a fever if you had the Coronavirus. Is that not the case?
I think it’s 80 to 90 percent of those infected get a fever, so not everyone. I also thought I read no runny nose, but now I’m hearing it can mimic a cold. I am also confused.
That’s been confusing to me too. I have a cold with a slightly stuffy nose, no fever, so I assume I don’t have it, but then I hear reports like this.
The official info is that (like the flu) most people will have the virus whether asymptomatically or with mild symptoms such as a runny nose, cough and mild fever or no fever. That’s why reducing contact is so vital. You may not be a person at risk but you may unknowingly be spreading the virus to vulnerable people. You may also contaminate someone who might not die but need intensive care which can overwhelm hospitals and lead to non-Coronavirus deaths.
I was at my Primary Care Doctor for a routine scheduled checkup and we discussed Corona because, of course. It’s on everyone’s mind now. She said:
1. More men than women are showing visible symptoms.
2. 90% run a fever and develop a non-productive cough.
3. Usually you don’t have nasal congestion or a runny nose.
4. Most do have symptoms of a Lower Respiratory Infection and show a particular
pattern on Chest x-rays or CT scan.
5. The seriously ill will develop pneumonia but what is killing the majority is the virus attacking the heart AFTER the patient shows signs that the lungs are showing signs of improvement.
6. This virus is very contagious and the viral shed before the patient shows any symptoms is considerable. The young in particular are shedding more than the elderly so asymptomatic carriers can do a lot of harm without any awareness they are even infected.
So in conclusion, Stay home if you can, stay at least 6 feet from others, and most importantly, WASH YOUR HANDS with soap and hot water for a minimum of 20 seconds, try not to touch your face and if you have to cough, cover your mouth with a tissue or turn your face into your elbow.
Everyone stay safe.
@Julaine, the notion now is that a lot of people can be asymptomatic or not run a fever at all. I don’t know where your doctor got the 90% with fever as not everyone is being tested. Apparently a symptom for kids, who are weirdly less prone to being seriously ill is a runny nose, and in much fewer cases, diarrhoea and nausea.
Hey there, Swiss gal here.
They don’t test you here unless you are showing alarming signs AND are at risk. So I haven’t been tested but am more than sure I’ve had it (symptomatic + met people returning from Italy, which has one of the worst situation atm in Europe). I’ve been quarantined for two weeks (today was actually the first day I went out, to check the mail at work; I work in a remote place and kept my distance with everybody anyway).
My symptoms were a light and dry cough at the begining, then moderate fever with the cough, then no fever but coughing and running nose (it wasn’t blocked, it was just super runny), then better, one day fever and since then I’m peachy. The recommandations here are stay in for WHATEVER of the flu symptoms, and at least ten days PLUS two days without any symptoms.
I should also mention I have IBS so I’m fragile with everything digestion, so I had trouble there too, without eating anything that made me ill, for ten days straight. But it wasn’t like it ususally is and it was painless. Very weird. I’ve heard of people tested positive having no other symptoms than a loss of smell and taste. I think it unfortunately is a bit different for everyone.
Anyway, if you have any doubt, stay home.
Stay safe everyone, love from Switzerland