patients suffering with covid-19 here stretching michigan hospitals to the breaking point. when did you know you had to come to the hospital? what were you experiencing? . my oxygen numbers were down in the upper 60s, lower 70s. reporter: oh, dear. that s very low. . yeah. reporter: what does it feel like? . it feels like a wreck. reporter: unvaccinated. this is the 66-year-old s second bout of covid-19. whatever natural immunity he had. . this is my second round. this is way worse. reporter: this is worse than the first? . yeah. the first one was bad. reporter: didn t help. his message now. would you encourage others to get vaccinated now, though? . yes. reporter: how bad is it? how bad is covid? it s terrible. you don t want it. reporter: still, there are those like 62-year-old deborah
in the upper 60s, lower 70s. oh, dear. that s very low. yeah. what does it feel like? feels like a wreck. reporter: unvaccinated, this is the 66-year-old s second bout of covid-19. whatever natural im[ music playing ]ty im[ music playing ]ty he had. this was worst than first? yeah. the first one was bad. reporter: didn t help. would you encourage others to get vaccinate snd. yes. how bad is covid? it s terrible. you don t want it. reporter: still, there are those like 62-year-old debra in the covid unit for a week now who says vaccination just isn t for her. i didn t want to be vaccinated. you did not want to be. do you think you ll get vaccinated after this? no. why? i should be okay now. you think in.
my oxygen numbers were down, in the upper 60s, low 70s. reporter: oh, dear, that s very low. yeah. reporter: what does it feel like? it feels like a wreck. reporter: unvaccinated. this is the 66-year-old s second bout of covid-19. whatever natural immunity he had. it s my second round of this is way worse. reporter: and this is worse than the first? the first one was bad. reporter: it didn t help. his message now would you encourage others to get vaccinated now, though? yes. reporter: how important it is? how bad is covid? it s terrible. you don t want it. reporter: still, there are those like 62-year-old deborah laroche, in the covid unit for a week now who says vaccination just isn t for her. i didn t want to be vaccinated. you did not want to be vaccinated? no. reporter: you think you ll get vaccinated after this? no. reporter: why?
when did you know you had to come to the hospital? what were you experiencing? my oxygen numbers were down in the upper 60s, lower 70s. oh, dear. that s very low. yeah. what does it feel like? it feels like a wreck. reporter: unvaccinated, this is the 66-year-old s second bout of covid-19. whatever natural immunity he had my second round of this. way worse. this was worse than the first? yeah, the first one was bad. reporter: didn t help. his message now would you encourage others to get vaccinated now, though? yes. how important is it? how bad is covid? it s terrible. you don t want it. reporter: still, there are those like 62-year-old dara laroche in the covid for a week