Posted: Feb 26, 2021 7:47 PM ET | Last Updated: February 27
B.C. First Nations are advocating for a more equitable approach to the provincial immunization plan - one that doesn t discriminate between people who live on or off-reserve. (Greg Lovett /Northwest Florida Daily News/The Associated Press)
First Nations leaders in B.C. say the province s updated COVID-19 immunization plan deviates from national guidelines that priority should be given to all Indigenous adults within the first two stages of vaccine rollout.
The current guidance from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization states adults in Indigenous communities should be prioritized in stage one and adults in or from Indigenous communities, including those living in urban centres, should be prioritized in stage two.
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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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Vaccine should reach all B.C. First Nations by end of March, says health authority
To date, the COVID-19 vaccine has been made available in 90 of the province s 203 First Nations communities.
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The B.C. s First Nations Health Authority says First Nation members living on or near a First Nations community should have access to a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
All those living in a B.C First Nations community should have access to a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine if they want it by the end of March, according to the First Nations Health Authority.