# Evidently Samwell Tarly can cure CoVID-19, 100

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> **['Game Of Thrones' Star Says He's 'Fully Recovered' From Coronavirus](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/game-of-thrones-kristofer-hivju-recovered-coronavirus_n_5e96f6b8c5b65eae709cfde1)**
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> Three cheers for Tormund Giantsbane!

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> Around a month after Kristofer Hivju, 41, first announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, the “Game of Thrones” shared a new Instagram post Tuesday saying he has “fully recovered.”  
> “Hi! We are fully recovered and in good health after I was infected by the Cororonavirus, and most likely my wife @grymolvaerhivju,” the actor wrote in the post. “After several weeks inn quarantine, and also a couple more indoors after beeing free of all symptoms, we are finally safe and sound.”
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> The actor, who played Tormund Giantsbane in the show, shared a similar message when he first announced that he had tested positive for the virus, imploring people to stay indoors, stay healthy and take care of each other.  
> “Together we can fight this virus and avert a crisis at our hospitals,” he wrote on Instagram in mid-March.

How did Sam succeed in treating Greyscale?

HE FOLLOWED DIRECTIONS

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> Greyscale has always been a mysterious illness in the world of Game Of Thrones; it’s terminal, contagious, and (presumably) completely incurable. And yet, Samwell Tarly managed to figure out not just how to treat it, but to completely eradicate it in one of his new patients at the Citadel, Jorah Mormont. So how did Sam cure Jorah on Game of Thrones? With the most powerful skill of all: Following instructions properly.

> **[How Did Sam Cure Jorah On 'Game Of Thrones?' Greyscale Is No Match For...](https://www.bustle.com/p/how-did-sam-cure-jorah-on-game-of-thrones-greyscale-is-no-match-for-reading-books-73492)**
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> Greyscale has always been a mysterious illness in the world of Game Of Thrones; it's terminal, contagious, and (presumably) completely incurable. And yet, Samwell Tarly managed to figure out not just how to treat it, but to completely eradicate it…