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    8 days ago

    Sure, and that’s why they have lower rates of vaccination and had higher rates of COVID than non-indigenous regions. It’s also why indigenous communities were prioritized in rolling out COVID vaccines, because we knew it would be bad and wanted to make less of a barrier to entry. Indigenous values are important, but not at the expense of the health and safety of the public.