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104-Year-Old World War II Veteran Beats COVID-19

Title (Dublin Core)

104-Year-Old World War II Veteran Beats COVID-19

Description (Dublin Core)

This remarkable article tells the story of how a 104-year-old World War II veteran from Alabama named Major Wooten was able to beat COVID-19 in a little under two weeks after testing positive. The article describes how Major Wooten was given an infusion of a newly approved monoclonal antibody therapy named bamlanivimab, and while this treatment physically drained him temporarily, he was able to recover 24 hours later. Wooten maintains that he is still quite drained and “mentally fuzzy” after having COVID-19, but this remarkable man was able to bounce back extremely well from the disease. This article is significant to the archival collection relating to COVID-19 survivors, as well as the collection pertaining to veterans. It truly is amazing to see someone like Major Wooten survive fighting in France during World War II, and then continue to beat the odds by defeating such a deadly disease. This article will do a great job of addressing the lack of input within the archives from elderly veterans on how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their lives.

Date (Dublin Core)

December 4, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

LA Times

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text story
News article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-12-04/wwii-vet-beats-covid-19-turns-104
https://web.archive.org/web/20220417024044/https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-12-04/wwii-vet-beats-covid-19-turns-104

Publisher (Dublin Core)

LA Times

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English News coverage
English Healthcare

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Alabama
birthday
hospital
monoclonal
antibody
grandfather

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

veteran
COVID survivor
military history
military

Collection (Dublin Core)

Over 60
COVID Birthdays
Healthcare

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

03/27/2022

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

03/31/2022
04/16/2022
08/02/2022

Date Created (Dublin Core)

12/04/2020

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Covid 19

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