TOMS RIVER – Hedwig Rogine is living through her second pandemic.
The 103-year-old Toms River resident was an infant in 1918 when the Spanish Flu swept through the world and infected 500 million people.
She noted the difference today is that people are wearing face masks. She said she was impressed with how people have dedicated themselves to wearing them for this long, exclaiming, “It’s tough!”
She got vaccinated against COVID-19 at the RWJ Barnabas Health Arena, a vaccination site run by the Ocean County Health Department.
She was accompanied by her son, Joseph, and took time for a few photos with Ocean County Sheriff Michael G. Mastronardy and OCHD staff.
