Answer:
I didn't read the book or know the story but I can imagine that if it is meant to be literal, he/she said it because having the disease made him/her more careful and weary.
Explanation:
It is kind of like what happened with this Corona. We heard about the "disease" and became more weary and careful. Also: sharpened our senses.
C.80, because his mental age is less than his actual age.
During the war, Judy Duncan see a lot of victims of the war since she works in the hospital within the area that alter her perspective about humanity. In the end, Judy Duncan dies after a bomb was dropped in the hospital where she works.
