Going through WWI and WWII and now a pandemic: She is a 103-year-old lady who survived the coronavirus. And with a surprising smile and clarity he wanted to encourage with his message. A symbolic image that of this centenary also collected by the television program “Le iene”.
The centenarian who defeated the virus
Caterina Fadon, guest of a health facility, was infected but managed to overcome the acute phase. Many patients have not made it. Instead, she seems to have had great courage. And to make it despite the statistics we are used to lately say the opposite. If the virus affects older people, it is very difficult for them to survive. And the video released online tells that Mrs. Caterina defeated the Covid at 103 years old. After having lived through the two world wars, having been in the Italian colonies in Africa, she also managed to go through this, so to speak, third world war. And then its message is clear to those who listen to it. "Take courage - he said - because God's will is always for everyone. When the time comes we go". But the time has not yet come for her, not even with Covid.
An encouragement to admire that of the centenary
The centenarian who has lived through two world wars can now say that she has also won the coronavirus. "Guests even with a much younger age than Mrs. Caterina - explained Andrea Bianchi, geriatrician of Villa Verde in Rome-. But suffering from associated risk factors such as obesity, diabetes, or cardiomyopathies, they failed to get through the acute phase of infection". Let his example therefore be one of encouragement for those who are hospitalized, for their families, for all those who are going through this very complex period.
The survival of many centenarians from the virus
The case of Mrs. Caterina, however, is by no means isolated. Already in full first wave they registered cases of centenarian patients who survived Covid. It is not the first time, not only in Italy, but also in other countries that such elderly people have been infected. But then you heal. Probably the absence of other serious pathologies, or perhaps the better ability to overcome influences or ailments, probably affects.
Faced with healings like this, it is not easy to explain. Many other elderly people have died in recent months. But it is undoubtedly what is affected by previous pathologies that you have. Probably the centenarian as well as other patients like her still have a very healthy physique. They have lived through many trials, but they have had a healthy lifestyle, which, as often said by research, also affects survival.
The message that Mrs. Caterina launched with her testimony can really help those who have been infected at this time. One can survive with proper care.
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