Dr. Ian Lipkin, the medical consultant for the record-breaking 2011 pandemic thriller Contagion, has tested positive for the new coronavirus.
The renowned professor announced the news on Tuesday during a live television interview with Fox Business‘s Lou Dobbs. The revelation came after Lipkin detailed some of the experiments he and his team at Columbia University had been working on to treat COVID-19.
Lipkin has served as the director of Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University for years. Nearly a decade ago, he was enlisted by director Steven Soderbergh to ensure the scientific accuracy of Contagion, which deals with the outbreak of a deadly virus and the toll it takes on the world.