Amanda Follett Hosgood and Moira Wyton, Local Journalism Initiative
Some Indigenous peopleâs fear of the vaccine is not rooted in conspiracy theory, says one researcher, but in well-documented fact of Indigenous peopleâs treatment by the health-care system that is brutally unjust.
Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan-Pool February 22, 2021 - 6:00 AM Devin Sampare is clear that he’s not an anti-vaxxer. “My children got all the same vaccines I got as a kid,” he says. “I’m just very conscious about weighing risks, using discernment and making sure what I’m putting in is going to benefit me.”
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Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C reporter. Twitter: @amandajfollett.
Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter. Twitter: @moirawyton. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. SHARES Some Indigenous people’s fear of the vaccine is not rooted in ‘conspiracy theory,’ says one researcher, but in ‘well-documented fact of Indigenous people’s treatment by the health-care system that is brutally unjust.’
Photo by Andrew Vaughn-Pool, the Canadian Press.