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P.E.I. man who says he had rare reaction to COVID vaccine left without compensation

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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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