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Oldest Philadelphian Receives COVID-19 Vaccine

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Ruth Hopson, age 108 and the oldest person living in Philadelphia, recently got her COVID-19 vaccination. WHYY’s Peter Crimmins reports Hopson survived the 1918 flu pandemic and is expected to make it through this pandemic, too.

(Original air-date: 3/23/21)