Ian Lipkin, the researcher who served as a medical consultant on the 2011 film Contagion, has tested positive for coronavirus.Soderbergh’s 2011 pandemic thriller stars Gwyneth Paltrow as one of the earliest victims of a deadly pandemic virus, which she brings to the U.S. — with the actress herself drawing parallels between the script and the current global health crisis.Speaking on Fox Business, Lipkin also said the situation has, “become very personal for me too, because I have Covid-19 as of yesterday.
And this is miserable.”He added: (If) it can hit me, it can hit anybody.”Lipkin was the chief scientific consult for Contagion, also starring Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, and Matt Damon, which was noted for its scientific accuracy.In the