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Oklahoma tribes say mitigation efforts resulted in lower COVID infections


Oklahoma tribes say mitigation efforts resulted in lower COVID infections
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Client April Yellow Eagle receives her injection during the Citizen Potawatomi Nation s second-shot vaccination event at FireLake Arena in Shawnee, Okla on Friday, March 26, 2021.
The National Indian Health Board, citing statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testified before a congressional subcommittee March 23 that American Indian and Alaska Native people are 70% more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19 than non-Hispanic white people; 370% more likely to require hospitalization with the disease; and 240% more likely to die from the disease than non-Hispanic whites.
“CDC reported that the presence of underlying health conditions such as type II diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease significantly increase one’s risk for a severe COVID-19 illness,” William Smi ....

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