102-year-old woman reflects on living through 1918 flu pandemic and novel coronavirus

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COVID-19 isn't the first pandemic Orel Borgesca had to get through.

. While she’s doesn’t remember the pandemic personally, Borgesca says she will never forget the vivid tales from relatives.

"My mother’s brother and his wife had no children and in the epidemic they let husbands stay with them like my dad ... unfortunately my aunt caught the flu, and she died from it," Borgeson said.Now more than a century later, Borgenson carries those memories with her and is taking precautions to protect herself during the coronavirus health crisis. She’s self-quarantining at her Michigan home with daughter Bonnie to stay safe.

The centenarian turns 103 next Tuesday, so a few neighbors got together to visit Borgeson from a safe distance and celebrate with “Happy Birthday” signs and decorations for her yard.Orel Borgesca turns 103 next week and was just a baby when she outlived the 1918 Influenza pandemic.

 

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WOW !

She was just born and obviously didn’t catch it. I would rather hear her memories of ww1 and 2. Vietnam and the Holocaust. The birth of talking movies and what it was like when women received the right to vote.

It’s great that ppl come by to say hello but geez at the same time (looking at the pic in the story) it’s like she’s a dinosaur on display at a museum. But God bless her

Orel Borgesca is some fucken name.

Ummm 2009 we had Swine Flu... we’ve all been through one...

She has memories of being a few months old? That’s the bigger story here

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