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Celebrities and influencers are calling on everyone to stay home

Barack Obama, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Beau van Erven Dorens

Blijf. Gewoon. THUIS. Pardon my French, but how hard can it be? I was looking at all those photos with reasonable astonishment, I must say. Files to Zandvoort, with hundreds to the Blossom Park in Amstelveen, happily market hopping at the Dappermarkt in Amsterdam... By the way, at that last place, several people were interviewed, one of whom said that his wife worked at OLVG ‘so he was definitely going to get it, so he might as well just go to the market.’ Uh, hello? Anyone home? Then you shouldn't go to the market because you don't want to infect anyone? I really don't get it. Stay. Just. HOME.

Look, I understand that people might not take that from me so quickly. Fortunately, there are celebrities, influencers, and celebrities in general who also convey this message and they have a much larger reach.

Tim Hofman asks on Instagram if we can all just stay inside for a while, Beau van Erven Dorens, Fred van Leer, Diederik Jekel, and more do the same at RTL Boulevard. Taylor Swift addresses her fans in her Stories that we need to take the coronavirus seriously and stay home. Ariana Grande agrees: ‘Like your hip hop yoga class can fucking wait I promise.’ Hear, hear. Bas Smit is 99 percent of the time cheerful on Instagram, but regarding the coronavirus, he is also serious: only go out for necessary things.

Not convinced yet? Okay, save the best for last: Barack Obama also asks you to please not leave your house. And come on, how can you ignore orders from Obama? Exactly. I thought so too.

By the way, not all celebrities are pro-staying at home. Vanessa Hudgens went live on her Instagram and maybe she shouldn't have done that. No idea if she was under the influence or whatever, but she had this to say about the coronavirus: ‘that this is going to last until July sounds like a lot of nonsense. Sorry, but, it's a virus. I get it. I respect it, but at the same time, even if everyone gets it... Yes, people are going to die, which is terrible, but also unavoidable. I don't know, maybe I shouldn't be saying this.’ No, you probably shouldn't have said that. And now Ms. Hudgens regrets her statements. Wow.

So what are we all going to do? STAY. INSIDE. Hey, if Obama says it...

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