Charnas Tests Positive

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has become a deadly virus that, since its discovery, has affected many well-known celebrities around the world. Tom Hanks, Lisa Wilson, Colton Underwood, Laura Bell Bundy and Arielle Charnas are amongst the many celebrities that have tested positive for the deadly virus.

Arielle Charnas, an American fashion blogger, recently tested positive for COVID-19. She lives in New York City, the center of the pandemic, with her husband and two kids. After developing frightening COVID-19-esque symptoms on March 13, Charnas decided to contact the “list” of doctors in her phone. Someone on her contact list owns an urgent care clinic in New York City and offered her a test.

Charnas documented this journey on her Instagram page, followed by over 1.3 million people. In one particular video, she showed herself getting the test outside of the clinic. This was the first thing that ticked off followers; at this time, many New Yorkers were exhibiting worse symptoms than Charnas, but due to the scarcity of testing kits, were struggling to get themselves tested or even admitted into hospitals. Charnas, on the other hand, was able to easily get herself tested simply because of her privilege. She explained to her followers that she paid for the test, but that did not help alleviate dissatisfaction amongst her followers.

After Charnas tested positive and her husband started developing symptoms, the two decided to relocate themselves and their family to their home in the Hamptons. This caused even more outrage. At the time, government orders explicitly stated that people who had tested positive for COVID-19 were not to leave their homes for at least seven days since the last signs of any symptoms. But the Charnases did not listen to the order. People were upset that she may have spread coronavirus on her trip to the Hamptons.

After realizing that many people were upset about her recent actions, Charnas posted a video addressing everything on her Instagram story, mentioning how many people were accusing her of faking her diagnosis and of using her money and power to get a test. She denied all such allegations.

Since then, many people have stopped being fans of Charnas.

“So when the COVID[-19] news came out, I was just watching her behavior unfold in real-time and was horrified by it so I kept taking screenshots to document,” Sophie Ross, a former fan of Charnas, tweeted. “So this tweet is definitely not my normal style as I have literally never heard of Charnas before and I do not comment on strangers’ [post]. But apparently she is a giant selfish a**hole potentially spreading COVID around Long Island so color me invested #stay home,” another tweet read.

On April 2, Charnas finally released a formal apology on her Instagram and her Something Navy website. She explained how her symptoms had originally started on March 13, and she immediately made the decision to quarantine with her family. She also said that, since her recent actions, her family has received several death threats.

Since April 2, Charnas has been radio silent.