Indigenous Americans ahead on COVID shots - what are the lessons?

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2021-12-20 10:12

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Indigenous Americans have had the top vaccine rates of any US ethnic group from day one, according to a new commentary. Portraying COVID-19 vaccination as the best way to prevent further suffering given disproportionate harms was a crucial strategy according to a poll. The authors say tribal autonomy to decide their own policies and priorities was key to success, and authorities should work with tribes to turn around the underlying inequities that place indigenous peoples in more pandemic danger.

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conference: New England Journal of Medicine

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Organisation/s: First Nations Development Institute, University of North Dakota, Yale University, Harvard Medical School, the Center for Social Policy and the Native American Budget and Policy Institute, University of New Mexico, University of Miami (US)

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