Some unvaccinated people are going public after getting COVID-19. Will it convince others to get the shot?
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Brenda Lee Legault wasn't ready to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
"I was hesitant," Legault, 61, said. She and her husband decided they wanted to wait to see what happened as more people got the shot — but they were also alarmed by what they saw online.
"You're hearing a lot of things on media and, you know, Facebook and stuff and you know, you're seeing videos on YouTube and it's kind of scary. So we were really unsure," she said.
Legault, who owns a catering business with her husband in Cornwall, Ont., fell critically ill with COVID-19 in August. She was hospitalized for a month, including 24 days in the ICU.
The 10th day, she said, was terrifying.
"I wrote a big long letter to my son and I thought I was going to die that day," she said. "I was really sorry that I wasn't vaccinated."
Legault survived. She now suffers from severe lung damage and relies on an oxygen tube to breathe. She said she's just grateful to be alive.
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