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It was too late for Sanam Ahadi's grandmother, Karima Lutfi.

Ahadi's family, originally from Afghanistan, had feared taking Lutfi to the hospital when she contracted the Covid-19 virus early in the pandemic. Information was low. Visitors were restricted, and the unknown was inescapable, including the virus's possible deadliness among older adults. In Lutfi's case, there was also a language barrier.