COREY WILLIAMS, DAVID EGGERT and LINDSEY TANNER
In this April 15 photo, emergency room technicians test patients for COVID-19 outside of the emergency entrance of Beaumont Hospital in Grosse Pointe. Michigan has become the current national hot spot for COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations at a time when more than half the U.S. adult population has been vaccinated and other states have seen the virus diminish substantially. Beaumont Health warned that its hospitals and staff had hit critical capacity levels. (AP photo)
ROYAL OAK — Eric Gala passed up an opportunity to get a coronavirus vaccine when shots became available in Michigan, and he admits not taking the virus seriously enough.