102-Year-Old With Iron Will to Live Survives COVID Twice

Angelina Friedman is 102 years old. She has survived the 1918 Spanish flu. She has survived cancer. She has survived sepsis. And now she has survived COVID-19. Twice. This woman is apparently immortal and I am not exaggerating.

According to NBC News Friedman first tested positive back in March when the virus tore through her New York nursing home. She beat it. Then in October she tested positive again. And she beat it again. Her daughter told reporters “shes a fighter thats just who she is.”

The doctors are kind of amazed honestly. At 102 with a history of health problems she should not by any reasonable medical expectation be doing this well. But here we are. Sometimes the human spirit just refuses to quit.

Friedman was born in 1918 the same year the Spanish flu pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide. She survived that as an infant. A century later shes doing it again. If that doesnt put things in perspective I dont know what will.

Her family says shes been through so much in her life that nothing really phases her anymore. The Great Depression. World War II. The deaths of her husband and a son. Personal tragedies that would break most people. But she keeps going.

Medical experts point out that reinfection is rare but not impossible especially in elderly patients whose immune systems may not build lasting protection. The fact that she survived both times is remarkable. When people are anxious about this pandemic stories like this remind us that survival is possible.

Friedman currently lives in a nursing facility in New York where staff have been taking extra precautions. Her daughter visits through a window. Its not the same as being there but its something. They communicate. They connect. They wait for better days.

At 102 Angelina Friedman has seen enough history to fill several lifetimes. And apparently shes not done yet. Heres to many more years.