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Access, trust the best incentives, U of M bioethicist says By: Cody Sellar
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Peguis Chief Glenn Hudson says that as the third wave takes hold, Peguis residents are taking the virus more seriously.
In the scramble to reach herd immunity and return to normal life, some communities and organizations have offered incentives in an effort to persuade some people to roll up their sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccine.
In the scramble to reach herd immunity and return to normal life, some communities and organizations have offered incentives in an effort to persuade some people to roll up their sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller is urging First Nations to stop having mass gatherings at funerals. Manitoba reserves have reported outbreaks linked to funerals, some resulting in more than 150 contacts, and First Nations leaders in Manitoba have pleaded in recent weeks to not hold these gatherings. (Adrian Wyld / Canadian Press)
OTTAWA The federal government has urged First Nations to stop having mass gatherings at funerals, which have sparked COVID-19 outbreaks in Manitoba.
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OTTAWA The federal government has urged First Nations to stop having mass gatherings at funerals, which have sparked COVID-19 outbreaks in Manitoba.
Peguis First Nation residents in care homes received vaccinations. early January. (PFN/Facebook)
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Health officials say First Nations peoples face inequity when it comes to COVD-19 concerns but are hoping their vaccination plan will save lives.
Starting as early as Monday, doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are heading up north to 63 First Nations communities. Dr. Marcia Anderson, the vice dean of Indigenous health, and public health lead for Manitoba First Nation PRCT, says 5,300 doses of the Moderna vaccine are heading north. First Nations people are experiencing several and significant effects of COVID-19 with an increasing percentage of cases and overrepresentation in cases, hospitalizations, ICU admission and deaths, the doctor says.
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Now that Santa Claus has been cleared to land on roof tops as an essential worker though if we really want to talk about the potential for spreading the virus, I’m not sure this was the wisest decision we can all start dreaming of an isolation Christmas with that stress gone.
In all seriousness, the fat man in red should be taking off from the North Pole in a matter of days let him be the only visitor you have this season.
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