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100-year-old coronavirus survivors share their longevity secrets
By Zachary Kussin, Zachary Kussin
Published June 03, 2020
They’ve lived through World Wars, the Great Depression and other pandemics, so they weren’t about to let a little COVID stop them.
Meet some of the oldest coronavirus survivors — all 100 years old and above — whose optimism and fighting spirits inspire all who hear their stories.
Read on for their longevity secrets — and the life lessons they say aided their recoveries, from good eating habits to keeping calm under pressure.
104-year-old Lilian Menendez credits her longevity with good genes.
“My mother was 98 and she didn’t have a gray hair in her head — she was jet black,” says Menendez, the eldest resident at Apex Rehab & Healthcare in South Huntington, LI.
Menendez adds that her mother, who raised six children alone in Manhattan, taught her to be strong — and made sure they were fortified to do so.
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“My mother took very good care of us,” says Menendez. “We ate a lot of rice and beans, and chicken. Sunday we got chicken because we were poor then.”
The Harlem native grew up to have two children, four grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Since recovering from the virus in April, “I feel wonderful,” says Menendez, who once worked at Lord & Taylor on Fifth Avenue, where she made $10 a week. “I’m as strong as a bull.”
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What’s more: symptom-free, she says COVID-19 is now in the past.
“I’m back 100 percent,” she says.
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https://www.foxnews.com/health/coronavirus-survivors-100-years-old-longevity