NANCY LAFLIN HAS MORE ON THIS INCREDIBLE STORY. NANCY: PHIL CORIO AND HIS SON RON BOTH GOT SICK WITH THE VIRUS. BOTH ARE OK NOW, BUT AT 108, WHAT A STORY DAD HAS TO TELL. THESE ARE AMAZING PHOTOS FROM OUR PARTNERS AT THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL FROM A MAN WHO HAS LIVED AN INCREDIBLE LIFE. THE JOURNAL REPORTS 108-YEAR-OLD PHIL CORIO AND HIS 58-YEAR-OLD SON RON BOTH GOT SICK WITH COVID 19 AT THE END OF FEBRUARY AND BEGINNING OF MARCH. PHIL SAID HE REMEMBERS NOT FEELING WELL AND GOING TO THE HOSPITAL. HE SAID IT SEEMED ABOUT THE SAME AS HAVING THE FLU. PHIL SAID HE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW HE HAD COVID 19. IF HE DID, HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SCARED. IT TOOK SOME BLOOD TESTS FOR BOTH MEN TO SHOW THEY DID HAVE THE VIRUS. AS FAR AS THIS 108-YEAR-OLD, COVID-19 IS NOT THE FIRST PANDEMIC IN PHIL’S LIFETIME. HE WAS SIX YEARS OLD WHEN THE 1918 SPANISH FLU PANDEMIC BROKE OUT. PHIL TOLD THE JOURNAL HE HAS NO PERSONAL MEMORIES OF THE DISEASE THAT WIPED OUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. THE JOURNAL REPORTS PHIL I
108-year-old who lived through Spanish Flu survived COVID-19
The 108 year-old apparently didn’t know he had the virus, thought it was the flu
Phil Corio and his son Ron Corio apparently both got sick with the coronavirus back in March. Both father and son are OK now, and at 108, what a story dad has to tell.Our partners at the Albuquerque Journal report that 108-year-old Phil Corio and his 58-year-old son Ron Corio, both got sick with COVID 19 at the end of February and beginning of March. Phil Corio said he remembers not feeling well and going to the hospital. He said it seemed “about the same” as having the flu. It took some blood tests for both men to show they did have COVID-19. Phil said if he knew he had it, he might have been scared. As far as this 108-year-old, COVID-19 is not the first pandemic in his lifetime. He was 6 years old when the 1918 influenza pandemic broke out. Phil told the Journal he has no personal memories of the disease that wiped out millions of people.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —
Phil Corio and his son Ron Corio apparently both got sick with the coronavirus back in March. Both father and son are OK now, and at 108, what a story dad has to tell.
Our partners at the Albuquerque Journal report that 108-year-old Phil Corio and his 58-year-old son Ron Corio, both got sick with COVID 19 at the end of February and beginning of March.
Phil Corio said he remembers not feeling well and going to the hospital. He said it seemed “about the same” as having the flu.
It took some blood tests for both men to show they did have COVID-19. Phil said if he knew he had it, he might have been scared.
As far as this 108-year-old, COVID-19 is not the first pandemic in his lifetime. He was 6 years old when the 1918 influenza pandemic broke out. Phil told the Journal he has no personal memories of the disease that wiped out millions of people.
