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Matthew McConaughey calls for unity amid 'faceless,' 'bipartisan' coronavirus outbreak
Matthew McConaughey is asking for unity to fight the coronavirus
In
a video posted to Twitter, Matthew McConaughey is asking for people
to unite together to fight the coronavirus.
Matthew
McConaughey
posted a video message on Twitter to his 2.5 million Twitter
followers calling for unity as the world continues to deal with the
rapidly spreading coronavirus
outbreak.
The
50-year-old Oscar-winner
posted a roughly 90-second video on Tuesday night in which he spoke
frankly with his followers about the times of uncertainty the
coronavirus has put the world in as well as the tough times that lie
ahead.
“Hey
everybody, McConaughey here, just want to say that in these crazy
times that we’re in with the coronavirus, let’s take care of
ourselves and each other,” he
begins in the video.
“Let’s not go to the lowest common denominator and get paranoid.
Let’s do our due diligence, take the precautions we need to take
care of ourselves and those around us.”
The
actor went on to note that, regardless of any differences among human
beings, the coronavirus is an “enemy” that we can all fight
together.
“Right
now, more than ever before, we’re all more dependent on each other
than we ever have been,” he said. “But we have an enemy in
coronavirus that is faceless, that is raceless, sexless,
non-denominational and bipartisan and it’s an enemy that we all
agree we want to beat. We want to beat ‘em and we’re going to
beat ‘em.”
Matthew
McConaughey posted a video message to his followers calling for unity
amid the coronavirus outbreak. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
He
added: “So, in this time when people are going to move on, the
economy is going to be in shambles for who knows how long, there is a
green light on the other side of this red light that we’re in right
now.”
The
actor concluded his speech by noting that, although things look bad
at the moment, with a little work, humanities’ best aspects can
show as people return to normalcy once this outbreak is all done.
“I
believe that green light is going to be built upon the values that we
can enact right now. Values of fairness, kindness, accountability,
resilience, respect, courage. If we practice those things right now,
when we get out of this, this virus, this time might be the one time
that brings us all together and unifies us like we have not been in a
long time,” McConaughey said. “So, yes, let’s see if we can
make some lemonade out of this lemon that we’re living in the
middle of. Turn a red light into a green light and just keep living.”
The
total number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus worldwide
has now surpassed
200,000,
according to Johns Hopkins University, while the death
toll has
topped 8,000.
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