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        <title><![CDATA[Betty White, 98, is staying healthy during the coronavirus pandemic]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>America&#8217;s 98-year-old Golden Girl, Betty White, has become a pro at social distancing &#8212; and jokes that boozing is getting her through the lockdown, according to reports.</p><p>“I’m blessed with incredibly good health,” White proudly <strong>told Closer Magazine</strong>.</p><p>“That’s something you appreciate a lot,&#8221; she told the UK mag.</p><p>White&#8217;s rep <strong>told the &#8220;Today&#8221; show</strong> that the actress &#8212; who <strong>turned 98 in January</strong> &#8212; has been strict on maintaining safety during the pandemic, knowing her age puts her in the high-risk bracket.</p><p>&#8220;No one permitted in except those who must,&#8221; the rep said, noting she has &#8220;helpers who are great with her.&#8221;</p><p>White likes to joke that her good health is down to something else, however &#8212; her love of a good vodka martini, friends told Closer.</p><p>“Betty loves to joke that vodka keeps her young,” one unidentified close friend told the mag.</p><p>“She loves the image of her sitting at home in a rocking chair, drinking a martini and watching game shows,&#8221; the friend said, while stressing that she&#8217;s &#8220;not really a big drinker.&#8221;</p><p>She keeps busy by reading L.A. newspapers &#8220;cover to cover,” one of her closest friends, fellow actor Tom Sullivan, told Closer.</p><p>“She owns literally thousands of crossword puzzle books and is constantly doing them to keep her mind jumping. This is really serious with her,&#8221; said Sullivan, who co-authored his best-seller, &#8220;The Leading Lady: Dinah’s Story,&#8221;&nbsp;with White.</p><p>She also gets to spend time outside in her garden, sometimes getting to enjoy some wild company.</p><p>&#8220;Betty has a beautiful backyard with a number of wild animals visiting,&#8221; her rep &#8220;Today.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Two ducks always come by to say hello. They waddle up to her glass door and look in.</p><p>&#8220;The animal community is watching over her,&#8221; said White&#8217;s publicist, who checks in with the star several times a week.</p><p>&#8220;The virus is afraid of Betty!&#8221;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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