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Reliance on age-based restrictions blamed for delay in vaccinating BIPOC communities


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Dr. Marcia Anderson noted it as one of her key findings as she presented new data on diverse BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) communities in the province.
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The reason, Anderson explained during a press conference on Monday, was due to the lack of consideration for race and ethnicity, aside from First Nations, from public health.
“What that meant was we were assuming that a 60-year-old African or South Asian person had the same risk as a 60-year-old white person,” Anderson said. “However, underlying population-level contextual factors, including lower income levels, higher rates of overcrowded, inadequate housing, different levels of occupational risk, actually likely meant that the 60-year-old person from a South Asian or African community was ....

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