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White Earth, Mahnomen County collaboration leads to one of highest vaccination rates in Minnesota


Mahnomen County s vaccination rate is one of the best in the state.
Written By:
Dan Gunderson / MPR News |
12:00 pm, Feb. 20, 2021
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White Earth Tribal Chair Michael Fairbanks is given a coronavirus vaccine by Sarah Snetsinger, a registered nurse with the White Earth Home Health Department. (Courtesy Anishinaabeg Today)
MOORHEAD, Minn. Ever since Minnesota began distributing coronavirus vaccines to the public, Mahnomen County in northwestern Minnesota has consistently run ahead of the pack, vaccinating at rates that far surpass most of its peers. As of this week, a full 85% of people 65 and older in the county have been vaccinated.
Mahnomen’s unique status as the only Minnesota county entirely within the borders of a Native American reservation is a key factor behind the county’s rapid move toward broad community vaccination. Public health leaders at the White Earth Nation and Mahnomen County credit that high vaccination rate to close c ....

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Tribal leaders urge caution as COVID-19 cases surge


Early in the pandemic, there was a lot of fear that if the coronavirus got a foothold in tribal communities in Minnesota, it could take a devastating toll. 
And they had another advantage geography. Most reservations in Minnesota are far removed from some of the early hot spots in the Twin Cities and elsewhere. 
But now, cases are surging in rural areas across the region and that s having an impact on tribal communities, too. In Minnesota, the number of new COVID-19 cases among Native Americans has grown by about 75 percent in the past month. 
After seeing cases dip to only a handful per week in August and September on the White Earth Reservation in northwestern Minnesota, October has been a different story. ....

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