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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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