Applegate experienced long-term COVID symptoms such as chest infections and racing heart rates after recovering from COVID-19
Christina Applegate contracted COVID-19 and sapovirus
She got the viruses from a takeout salad from a closing restaurant
She jokingly referred to her experience with sapovirus as 'the icing on the cake'
Christina Applegate, an Emmy-winning actress known for her roles in shows like 'Anchorman' and 'Dead to Me,' has shared details about a recent health ordeal she experienced.
Applegate revealed on her podcast, MeSsy, which she co-hosts with Jamie-Lynn Sigler, that she contracted both COVID-19 and sapovirus from a takeout salad. The restaurant where she purchased the salad was about to close due to losing its lease.
The actress explained that her experience began when someone close to her visited a bowling alley and unknowingly brought home the viruses. Applegate, who has multiple sclerosis (MS), described experiencing long-term COVID symptoms including chest infections and racing heart rates.
After recovering from COVID-19, Applegate contracted sapovirus. She jokingly referred to the experience as being
Christina Applegate believes she got sick after eating a takeout salad from a restaurant that’s about to close down
Accuracy
Christina Applegate contracted sapovirus from someone else’s fecal matter
Deception
(50%)
The article is partially deceptive. The author, Gabrielle Chung, presents sensationalized and emotionally manipulative language throughout the piece. For example:
According to Christina, the health ordeal all began a few weeks ago when someone "real close" to her "dropped the ball" and brought home COVID-19...
Originally appeared on E! Online Christina Applegate is getting candid about a crappy experience.
The Dead to Me star graphically detailed her recent bout of sapovirus...
Christina Applegate wears diapers due to MS symptoms including incontinence
Accuracy
Christina Applegate contracted a virus from a tainted salad
Christina Applegate was diagnosed with sapovirus
Deception
(100%)
None Found At Time Of
Publication
Fallacies
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The author, Christina Applegate, makes an appeal to authority when she states that sapovirus is responsible for both sporadic cases and occasional outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis. This statement is true but does not add any new information or insight to the article.
]The virus is responsible for both sporadic cases and occasional outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis.[/
Per the National Institutes of Health, sapovirus is responsible for both sporadic cases and occasional outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis.
Christina Applegate wears diapers due to MS symptoms including incontinence (not directly related to sapovirus)
Accuracy
Christina Applegate contracted sapovirus by ingesting fecal matter from a takeout salad at a restaurant she frequents
Christina Applegate is wearing diapers due to her illness
Deception
(30%)
The author uses sensationalism by sharing graphic and unnecessary details about the illness Applegate has been dealing with, including her use of diapers. The author also engages in emotional manipulation by describing the situation as 'fun' and 'gross', attempting to elicit an emotional response from readers.
I make these jokes because if I don’t, I’ll suffocate. I’ll be done,\u0022 Applegate shared.
Anyway that’s my fun story,\u0022 she quipped. \u0022It’s been real fun."
Fallacies
(85%)
The author uses inflammatory rhetoric by describing the illness as 'fun' and 'gross' multiple times. This is an attempt to elicit an emotional response from the reader rather than providing factual information.
'It’s been real fun.', 'I woke up at three o’clock in the morning in a pool of s**t.'
Christina Applegate believes she got sapovirus from a takeout salad from a restaurant that’s about to close due to losing their lease.
Accuracy
Christina Applegate contracted sapovirus from a takeout salad.
Christina Applegate believes she got sapovirus from someone else's fecal matter.
Christina Applegate had COVID-19 and experienced long COVID symptoms including chest infection and racing heart rate.
Applegate contracted sapovirus, a stomach bug that caused her to poop in a receptacle for a stool test, which resulted in vomiting.
Deception
(30%)
The article contains several instances of sensationalism and emotional manipulation. The author describes Christina Applegate's experiences in graphic detail to elicit an emotional response from the reader. For example, 'I woke up at 3 o'clock in the morning in a pool of s---.' and 'Anywho, [test] came back [and] I had something called sapovirus. It is when you ingest the fecal matter of someone else from your food. Someone else’s poop went into my mouth and I ate it.' These descriptions are intended to shock and disgust the reader, making them more likely to engage with the article. Additionally, there is selective reporting as the author only mentions details that support Applegate's negative experiences with adult diapers and sapovirus.
I woke up at 3 o'clock in the morning in a pool of s---.
Someone else’s poop went into my mouth and I ate it.
Fallacies
(85%)
The author uses inflammatory rhetoric by describing the experience of having sapovirus as 'eating someone else's poop' and 'pissing out of [her] ass for a few days'. This is an example of a yuck fallacy, which attempts to elicit an emotional response from the reader rather than presenting logical arguments.
I had something called sapovirus. It is when you ingest the fecal matter of someone else from your food. Someone else’s poop went into my mouth and I ate it.
Anywho, [test] came back [and] I had something called sapovirus. It is when you ingest the fecal matter of someone else from your food.
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