British Columbia health officials are pleading with unvaccinated residents to get immunized against COVID-19 as hospital beds fill up with people who have not, and now, a B.C. Maureen Orman, 69, is a Vancouver mother of three adult children whom she refused to vaccinate in the 1980s. Convinced that a holistic way of life offered more protection than being "polluted with vaccines," it was not until the COVID-19 pandemic struck that she says she started to rethink her position. 1:54Orman said looking back now, she is appalled she chose not to vaccinate her three daughters when they were young. health officials have stressed the need to increase vaccination rates across the province as the fourth wave of the pandemic takes hold.

Source: CBC News August 14, 2021 15:56 UTC