'I'm never going to be the same person,' says man whose vaccine compensation claim went in too late
Kent Gillespie would love to be able to work full time again, but says his hands and back have never been the same since he had a bad reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine. That's very rare, but there is a federal program to offer support to people with severe and permanent injuries from getting a Health Canada-approved vaccine. Unfortunately, as CBC's Sheehan Desjardins reports, Gillespie was too late applying for help and now has nowhere to turn.
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