COVID-19 outbreak in B.C. Indigenous community fuels concerns over waning protective benefits of vaccines

A vaccine clinic at Chief Joe Mathias Centre in Squamish, B.C., in June 2021. First Nations health officials are concerned the protection offered by COVID-19 vaccines is fading, just as the more dangerous Delta variant is spreading.home to the Ahousaht Nation, has been in lockdown for two weeks because of COVID-19. The schools have been closed, non-essential travel to and from the community has been prohibited, and families have been asked not to mingle with other households.

Now, eight months on, First Nations health officials are concerned the protection offered by the vaccine is fading, just as the more dangerous Delta variant is spreading. Since Sept. 4, there have been more than 50 cases of COVID-19 in Maaqtusiis, involving five households, with additional cases among Ahousaht members living off-reserve. A breakdown of how many cases required hospitalization was not provided.

According to the FNHA, Indigenous people in British Columbia are significantly more likely to be affected by COVID-19 than the rest of the population. First Nations make up about 3.3 per cent of the population, but they account for almost 18 per cent of the hospitalizations provincially. Factors include overcrowded living conditions and inadequate access to health care, which is why remote and rural First Nations communities were an early priority in the province’s vaccine effort.

“It’s very clear from our provincial surveillance teams covering First Nations that we are able to establish a need for a third dose, especially among some of our elders,” Dr. McDonald said in interview. “But why stop there? Do we have vaccine available? Apparently we do.” Some of the reasons for the low vaccine rates among Indigenous peoples in B.C. are deep-rooted, Dr. McDonald said.

But even those with high vaccination rates are at risk, she noted. She would like to see vaccine teams gearing up to return to the province’s 200-plus First Nations communities to offer first, second or third doses as needed, ideally at the same time that the seasonal flu vaccines are delivered.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

Horrible, 'click-bait' alarmist headline ☝️☝️☝️ (esp since not everyone had had their second COVID vaccine dose) Here's another article about 'waning immunity' 👇👇👇

Might be a race thing, for example Chinese all have a special mutation protecting us from COVID, we got that 10,000 years ago.

Protection is not exclusive to indigenous communities as your intention was to show flaws…..of a government…. Old news buddy…!

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