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Jan 3, 2021 Miriam Looker, 95, displays one of the 1,700 masks she’s made since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic using her quilting skills, on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Marysville, Ohio. The only break Looker has taken from her 10-mask-a-day-routine came in November when came down with COVID-19 herself, which she said left her exhausted and needing a lot of naps. Looker is no stranger to using material to help save lives: during World War II she tested parachutes at Wright Fieldâ...

95-year-old pauses mask-making to recover from COVID-19 Andrew Welsh-Huggins Tags:  Miriam Looker, 95, displays one of the 1,700 masks shes made since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic using her quilting skills. MARYSVILLE, Ohio – When the coronavirus pandemic began, Miriam Looker sprang into action at the behest of her stepson, a central Ohio doctor. Looker, 95, used her supply of quilting materials and soon was making up to 10 masks a day at her assisted living facility in Marysvi...

Andrew Welsh-Huggins Miriam Looker, 95, displays one of the 1,700 masks she’s made since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic using her quilting skills, on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Marysville, Ohio. The only break Looker has taken from her 10-mask-a-day-routine came in November when came down with COVID-19 herself, which she said left her exhausted and needing a lot of naps. Looker is no stranger to using material to help save lives: during World War II she tested parachu...

  MARYSVILLE, OHIO -- When the coronavirus pandemic began, Miriam Looker sprang into action at the behest of her stepson, a central Ohio doctor. Looker, 95, used her supply of quilting materials and soon was making up to 10 masks a day at her assisted living facility in Marysville, about 30 miles (48.28 kilometres) northwest of Columbus. Then, as she pushed well over 1,000 masks, Looker took a break -- to recover from COVID-19 herself. "It was kind of my turn, I guess," she said. After fe...