“It’s just funeral after funeral after funeral.”AdvertisementAdvertisementBut when the federal Indian Health Service starts vaccinating tribe members, Sahme has no plans to get in line. “They’re constantly telling you one thing and doing another.”Native American leaders say such skepticism about the newly authorized coronavirus vaccines pervades their communities even as the death toll mounts. Few Native Americans participated in clinical trials for coronavirus vaccines. There were too few Native Americans in the survey to produce a reliable estimate for them. The Indian Health Service reported it was going smoothly, with 3,200 people receiving shots by Saturday.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 20, 2020 11:02 UTC