The risk of getting severely ill with COVID-19 or dying from it is greater for people 65 or older, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show. And in Kentucky and Ohio, a lot of seniors are raising their grandchildren.
“I believe I can fly,” she sang, prompting a smile from her “Mamaw.”
Caring for a child can be hard for a grandparent on any given day, said Mahan. Add the threat of COVID-19 and a looming school year to the mix, and the challenge is downright distressing. Mahan's situation is also doubly worrisome: She is at high-risk for getting a serious case of COVID-19 not only because she is 71, but also because she's had breast cancer twice. The latest diagnosis – for which she's been treated and is doing well – was just in March.
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