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Christian Villeneuve steeled his resolve Tuesday for a moment one of his friends didn’t live to see.
Clutching his health information form, he inched his way through a lineup of homeless Montrealers ready to roll up their sleeves to receive the vaccine against the coronavirus.
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Villeneuve, 42, said he knows several people who have contracted COVID-19 within the last few months. Most survived. But one didn’t make it.
“I’m nervous. But it’s preferable to get it than not have it,” he said. “I hope it helps.”