The oldest Americans — people who are 100 or older — are among the most vulnerable in the coronavirus pandemic.
The 100-plus crowd — those most venerable of human beings — is succumbing rapidly and heartbreakingly to the. Entire limbs are being lopped off family trees, and their wisdom and lore are dying with them.
But anecdotal evidence, including newspaper and online death notices, suggests that COVID-19 is exacting a grim toll among the estimated 70,000 centenarians in the U.S. In tiny Rhode Island alone, at least eight people aged 100 or older have died, public health officials say. Remarkably, some centenarians have recovered from COVID-19. Against all odds, 103-year-old Ada Zanussoafter being hospitalized in the northern Italian town of Lessona, crediting “courage and strength, faith” for her rebound.
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