COVID 19 and Native Americans: What are their vaccination rates?

[Vogon_Glory]

I posted this thread after watching the behavior of the folks at the Taos Pueblo last October and after watching the delusional behavior of the anti-vaxxers and the cynical or psychotic politicians and propagandists who cater to them.

The tribal authorities at the Taos Pueblo weren’t taking any chances: they had roadblocks and cop cars at their reservation entrances. I can’t help but believe that they remember the devastating impact disease had on their numbers from the 1600’s onwards.

Of course members of the reality-based community have watched with incredulity and horror the behavior of the (largely white) anti-vaccers these last eighteen months.

My question is are the organized parts of the Native American communities getting vaccinated at higher rates than the feckless and ahistorical members of the red state mainstream?

[CanonRay]

1. Our local tribe vaccinated all their own

and then opened it up to anyone. This was early on in vaccine availability. This was the Siuslaw tribe.

[multigraincracker]

7. I got my second shot on the Reservation.

At the casino, early on. Not a member, but I live within the tribal lands.

[GusBob]

2. Just under 40% here

I work for the IHS and live on a small and remote western Native agency. Our clinic keeps track of vaccinated rates because we are able to track a smallish population.

The answer to your question is no for us. But there are other factors at play. The tribe here has been able to control COVID thru other means. Lockdowns ,curfews ,mask mandates ,travel restrictions police checkpoints and vaccines of adults. We have just begun back to school vacs so the rate should go up. But see below Delta is here

Just as many elders remember the white mans contagions they also don’t trust the white mans medicine. It’s a fact of clinical life here not even related to COVID. As a clinician one might not understand it but must respect it. There are traditional healing ways, prayer, fasting, offerings ,sage, sweet grass and sweats.

Being isolated helps the most. Of just under 6, 000 enrolled tribal members just 4 deaths overallfrom Covid

Since February until just last week we have had no cases

Since delta last week now 9 active cases

[Elessar Zappa]

3. I believe the Navajo have a high vaccination rate.

Not sure about other tribes.

[catrose]

4. I follow Navajo Times reporters & I think you're correct.

They get very annoyed when unmasked white people come through

[pstokely]

5. what are the mask requirements at their casinos?

if any?

[fierywoman]

6. A physician friend who lives in Oklahoma, married to a part-Native American man,

said that the tribes in her part of the state were high-percentage vaccinated, and had leftover vaccines, which they offered to the non-Native Americans (who were majority trumpists) -- the trumpists trusted the Native Americans to give them a non-lethal vaccine rather than a vaccine that came through Federal authorities.