If Kerry Washington Can Get COVID-19, You Can Too

Kerry Washington at Metropolitan Opera’s 2010-11 Season Opening Night – “Das Rheingold” (David Shankbone, Wikimedia Commons). This article was originally published on& Word In Black. By Jennifer Porter Gore If you’re like most people, this social media post by& Kerry Washington& surprised you — and not in a good way.& “Soooooooooo I have COVID and I won’t be able to make it to the @unprisonedhulu season 2 premiere tonight in NYC,” Washington wrote on Instagram and X. “I’m not sure what’s worse right now, being sick with COVID or being sick with FOMO.” Uh, waitaminute…COVID is still a thing?& Yes. After almost four years of mask-wearing, remote working, and several rounds of boosters, the COVID-19 virus is surging this summer.& Washington, an Emmy and NAACP Image Award winner, had to stay home while her co-stars from Hulu’s “UnPrisoned,” including Delroy Lindo and Faly Rakotohavana, attended the show’s season 2 premiere.& In “UnPrisoned,” Washington portrays a relationship therapist who is working on her relationship with her formerly incarcerated father, Edwin, played by Lindo. Washington’s character, Paige Alexander, is also raising her teenage son, portrayed by Rakotohavana. The infection that put Washington on lockdown is spreading nationwide.& & & & & &...