Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande took to social media to urge their fans to stay home and take precautions amid the rapid spread of the deadly coronavirus.
โI keep hearing from a surprising amount of people, statements like, โThis isnโt a big deal,โ โWeโll be fine,โ โWe still have to go about our lives,โ and itโs really blowing my mind,โ Grande wrote. โI understand if that is how u felt weeks ago. But please read about whatโs going on. Please donโt turn a blind eye.โ
Grande reminded her followers to think about others in the health crisis, adding, โIt is incredibly dangerous and selfish to take this situation that lightly. the โwe will be fine because weโre youngโ mindset is putting people who arenโt young and/or healthy in a lot of danger. you sound stupid and privileged and you need to care more about others. like now.โ
Swift also shared her concern in an Instagram Story on Sunday (March 15, 2020) to ask her followers to โtruly isolateโ themselves and avoid crowds.
โI follow you online and I love you guys so much and need to express my concern that things arenโt being taken seriously enough right now,โ she wrote.
โIโm seeing lots of get-togethers and hangs and parties still happening. This is the time to cancel plans, actually, truly isolate as much as you can, and donโt assume that because you donโt feel sick that you arenโt possibly passing something on to someone elderly or vulnerable to this.โ
She continued, โItโs a really scary time but we need to make social sacrifices right now.โ

The global pandemic has affected over 169,943 people worldwide and has taken the lives of over 6,523.