Larry Gatlin Is ‘Feeling Great’ After Recovering From COVID-19
Larry Gatlin recovering at home. Photo: Courtesy Larry Gatlin
After testing positive for COVID-19 just days after getting his second dose of the Moderna vaccination, Larry Gatlin has recovered and is feeling great.
Gatlin received his vaccine on March 4, four days later on March 8, he tested positive with both a rapid test and a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.
“My symptoms were a cough and feeling a little funky. I never registered more that 9/10ths of a degree of fever. I had some slight body aches, but at 72 I have slight body aches every day. I had no headache. At the worst it felt like a very slight chest cold and it was gone in three days,” Gatlin tells MusicRow of his experience.
Fortunately, Gatlin is feeling better. “I’m now 100% good to go and feeling great. Thanks be to God,” he says.
While Gatlin is feeling healthy again, he is mourning the loss of his father, William Wayne “Curley” Gatlin, who died in November of 2020 after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
“My heart, my sympathy and my prayers go out to those who have suffered and are continuing to suffer from COVID, and to those who have lost friends and loved ones,” Gatlin says. “My 93-year-old marine daddy died of COVID or with COVID. I’m not sure. His body had begun to shut down long before he contacted COVID, so our family is not sure exactly what happened. What we are sure of is that the old marine is with Mama and Jesus and he does not have COVID now.”
Gatlin encourages fans and industry members to stay vigilant in avoiding COVID. “Dear friends, stay vigilant. Be careful and above all else, pray for your race: the human race.”
