05-23-2021, 10:02 PM
(05-23-2021, 08:06 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(05-23-2021, 05:26 PM)ac3r Wrote: Arguably, Indigenous cultures are hesitant as well. We have a lot of our people who were initially hesitant to be vaccinated or still are, due to what white people did to us in the past.
Is there any data specifically for vaccinations of indigenous communities (in Canada)? I know efforts have been made to provide vaccines to isolated communities -- which are predominantly indigenous -- and it seems that there has been some decent progress there. This press release is almost a month old, but the vaccination reach here was already better than the general population is today:
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/go...78977.html
Quote:Based on Statistics Canada's 2020 population projections, over 59% of adults in First Nations communities, as well as over 72% of adults living in the territories, have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
I'd take the with a grain of salt; considering they were given priority from the get go. The territories all have enough vaccine for every single person yet aren't even at the 75% Trudeau and NWT wants to open things up, for example.
Could be various reasons why that is, but there does seem to be hesitancy. At least according to this article, they are having issues with uptake:
https://www.nnsl.com/yellowknifer/75-per...-question/