A 105-year-old New Mexico woman who beat back the 1918 flu that killed millions, including her mother and infant sister, is battling COVID-19
The oldest Americans — people who are 100 or older — are among the most vulnerable in the coronavirus pandemic.The flu took the lives of Grenko’s mother, Marijeta Kauzlaric, 28, and younger sister, Annie Kauzlaric, who was a month old.
Grenko’s granddaughter Misty Tolson said her grandmother remembers her mother going into the hospital and never coming out. Tolson said she didn’t think Grenko understood the current virus because she told one of the aides who walked in wearing protective gear: “What the heck do you have on?”
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