Take Dr. Sanjay Gupta, one of television's most recognizable faces who dispenses medical advice to the masses on CNN. He was on assignment in Afghanistan and came down with a terrible sore throat, body aches, a fever -- the whole shebang. Tests later confirmed that yes, this well-known health reporter had the swine flu. Way to throw yourself into one of the biggest medical stories of the year.
Marilyn Manson, the strange looking rocker, announced on his MySpace page that he has the swine flu. "Unfortunately, I am going to survive," he writes. Last spring, Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint -- he plays Ron Weasley, the boy wizard's best friend -- came down with the H1N1 virus.
And in a bit of irony, Laurie Garrett, a flu expert who wrote a book published in 1994 called The Coming Plague about emerging new diseases and author of a Newsweek cover story about the swine flu outbreak in May, has come down with it.
(OK, her celebrity isn't on the level of the others, but it's quite a coincidence, no?)
Watch this space. More celebs are bound to get the swine flu. Picture of Health will keep you up-to-date. More at 11.
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