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Collected Item: “Plenty of Vaccines, but Not Enough Arms: A Warning Sign in Cherokee Nation”

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Plenty of Vaccines, but Not Enough Arms: A Warning Sign in Cherokee Nation

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news article

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As COVID-19 vaccine efforts are still going strong across the United States, the Cherokee Nation is struggling to get more members of the community vaccinated. Some of the hesitancy to get the vaccine stems from the memory of the government's medical malpractice the greatly affected indigenous people. Other members of the community have questions about the vaccine's side-effects and how it will affect their pre-existing conditions.

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COVID-19, vaccine, Cherokee Nation, vaccine campaign, HSE

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/us/vaccines-covid-cherokee-native-americans.html

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Jack Healy

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2021-03-16
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