COVID-19 and for months he held his ground.At 47 years of age, the Manitoba man had stood firmly against all vaccines for decades, and nothing — advice from public health, assurances from his personal doctor, pressure from his wife — would change his mind.
COVID-19: Manitoba reports 102 cases as new health orders take effect Or at least that’s what Lerato thought as he sat down to talk with two vaccinated family members following a wedding this summer.Now fully vaccinated, Lerato is hoping his experience will help both those saying no to the vaccine and those pushing to change their minds.“If there was a flag that I could hold back then, it was the anti-vax flag and all things anti-vax, and maybe even anti-government,” Lerato tells Global.