‘A real kick in the gut’: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson urges fans to wear masks after he and his family get covid-19

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For months, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said he has tackled pandemic restrictions with the same maniacal focus that carried him through a football and professional wrestling career to the top of the box office.

“We were on lockdown since March,” Johnson said Wednesday on Instagram. “We have been disciplined, we have quarantined, we have isolated. I have not worked.” 

But he made one mistake: Inviting family friends into his house who later tested positive. On Wednesday, Johnson, 48, revealed his entire family also contracted the novel coronavirus, and have recovered after several weeks of illness. Continue reading.