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Nun who lived through Spanish Flu: 'Vaccinate a young person or frontline worker before me'

Nun who lived through Spanish Flu: 'Vaccinate a young person or frontline worker before me' — Sr. Colette Hickey. Picture Dan Linehan

Thu, 07 Jan, 2021 - 06:30

Sean O’Riordan

A Cork-based nun who is just a few days shy of her 103rd birthday believes a younger person should be given the Covid-19 vaccine before her.

Sr Colette Hickey was born on January 31, 1918, just before the Spanish Flu pandemic struck.

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