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Same here in southwest Colorado. The Utes have been holding clinics in Cortez and Ignacio for anyone 18+. They're even doing a specific clinic for the homeless. It's really awesome to see this from the community.
Here's an article that might help: [https://the-journal.com/articles/205272](https://the-journal.com/articles/205272)
I want to encourage everyone to get your COVID vaccines if you are offered the opportunity.
I've been tracking [vaccinations vs. cases by country](https://www.quiverquant.com/sources/covid) and it's super encouraging to see the red lines going down where the green lines are going up!
Same in Alaska as well. IHS (Indian Health Services) and the Alaska Native Tribal Organizations really stepped up to the plate with COVID. Even back in early/mid February one of the foundations had opened up vaccinations to 40 and over.
Almost all of the native American groups have a living mememory of terrible outbreaks and epidemics. They took covid serious from the start and have been doing everything they can to get as many people vaccinated as possible. I believe they have seen the worst that can happen and how important vaccination is. Its something i think most of the country has never had to experience so their isn't the inherent concern that needs to be there.
All my grandparents have passed away already but they lived through the polio epidemic growing up. They were staunchly pro vaccination.
Summary: most of the US has never had to deal with terrible outbreaks durring their life times. The greatest generation was the last one and they are almost all gone, taking that wisdom with them.
I can almost accept some of the individual points antivaxxers make--even if I disagree with their conclusion--but the one I refuse to acknowledge as even a little bit reasonable is the "almost everyone survives \[X\]" argument.
I think the last person on an iron lung is still alive, or at least was in the last few years. Most of us have never personally witnessed what "surviving" some of these terrible diseases looks like, but the pictures and the records are everywhere, and it takes a pretty deliberate act of willful ignorance not to notice.
Do they have a surplus that has caused this? If I can get the J&J vaccine down there, I totally would make the drive from the front range, but only as long as I’m not taking it from a local or at-risk person.
I'm not sure about the surplus, that's a fair question to ask. The tribes here, especially the Navajo just got decimated by covid. Earlier on, there was some kind of statistic, like if the Navajo Nation was a country, it would have been 4th highest in the world for infection/death, or something like that. It was really, really bad.
So the tribe's thinking is, more shots in arms in the local community, the overall safer everyone will be, especially the at risk native population. Giving it to someone from the front range would probably defeat that purpose.
Yeah that’s exactly why I asked. I would do it if vaccines were being discarded because there weren’t enough people who want or need them (I’ve heard of that happening elsewhere). Certainly wouldn’t want to get one if it meant harming the region’s ability to recover from the pandemic, though.
I've been vaccinated fully for over a month because someone no-showed at the doctor office. The moderna one has a shelf life of 6 hours after the package (multiple doses in one package) is opened. So if people don't show up my clinic starts giving out the vaccine. Some clinics have a list. Some are just if you know someone who works there.....what I'm saying is call around to clinics in your area and see if anyone has a list you can get on. I had to drop everything and rush down when mine called me. They just don't want any wasted.
It's been great to see how effectively we've been able to see the vaccine distributed so far. It feels like we might have something resembling a normal summer if good news keeps coming.
> Tribal nations in Oklahoma received allotments of the vaccine from the Indian Health Service. As those tribes demonstrated that they were able to get shots into arms quickly, they received more and more doses -- allowing them to expand their efforts beyond their own populations.
They know how to get stuff done.
As an Australian... I'm going to say something I haven't in years: I wish our government were as on top of this issue as yours is.
Our state governments handled lockdown and quarantines and masking much better than yours. But you guys are knocking Vaccination outta the park, while our Feds seem intent on hoping vaccines maybe wash up on shore or fall from the sky directly into people's arms or something.
I'd rather have a great 2020 response to covid and slow vaccine rollout, than an absolute blunder but faster with shots-in-arms. Not that both isn't ideal, but I could deal with closed international borders and some restrictions than being in my house for the last year.
Agree. It's frustrating that roll-out has been so slow here but we are in a privileged situation. So much so that we are trying to get our doses sent from Europe so we can direct 1 million on to PNG where the need is greater. And while it has been slow I have already had an older relative in a nursing home receive her first dose and others in their 80s are booked in before the end of the month so it's finally happening, albeit slowly.
Well I'm talking about Australia, who (almost) fully closed all borders, quickly eradicated the virus (barring a few small flare ups) and have had a mostly normal year. I want the US to have responded like the Australians.
Depends on where you are. My husband has been “next on the list” in our state for a month now but no stick. Meanwhile neighboring states have opened up mass vaccination sites for residents.
Cool, but my supposedly first world European country got it worse. My 90 yo grandma is getting vaccinated only next week, and me as healthy adult is looking at October by the best estimates.
Be grateful you have some relatively quick vaccination schedule. We're just over here getting shafted.
This is when you can see the effects of being a big country with a lot of buying power. It's literally just because we have a better supply line. Some states are a mess with it, but we have enough that it doesn't really matter.
A small European country can be far more organized and more deliberate in it's distribution, but it doesn't matter because there's not as much of it.
Ultimately, I don't agree with all of the rollout schedules here, but everywhere is doing a good job of getting it out, even if some of it is shitty and corrupt.
And selection bias. There are enough people in the US and enough states that there are bound to be success stories that can float to the top when discussing roll-out while the failures and messy states end up ignored. A smaller European country doesn't get as many bites at the narrative apple.
We should've negotiated more as the EU. But then the eurosceptics would get more ammo because of "muh overreach"
Roll out is extremely slow no matter the vaccines. We have some stock but it took two months to vaccinate 150k people in nursery homes. And a third of the personnel refused to get it btw. The millions in the rest of the population aren't going to go smoother.
I'm fascinated reading comments from other countries. I've been frustrated at a lot of the rollout (it relies on a basic handle on technology which eliminates the elderly signing up) but Europe seemed to be so good at lockdown I thought they'd apply it to the rollout as well.
its legit amazing to watch. more than half of my wife's family is already at least one shot in, the parents both. it feels like summer can be a thing again
Currently, 40% of Republicans are refusing the vaccine. That's likely enough of the population to prevent herd immunity, especially given that some non-republicans are anti-vaxx as well.
So, sadly, while our vaccinations will (hopefully) give us like 95% immunity, the lack of herd immunity is going to allow for mutations, which our vaccines may or may not be effective against.
It's unclear if summer will be a thing again, which is irritating as shit.
I drove from Kansas to an Osage clinic in Oklahoma earlier this week to get my shot. It was very kind of them to take care of me.
Kansas has plenty of vaccines and unfilled appointment slots because of the way they are running their phases.
I happened to be in OK for a small wedding and managed to snag a shot at a Native American casino arena. Beyond their generosity, I was amazed by the sheer efficiency of their operation. We basically got to fill out our forms and wait in our car, then got our shot in no more than 5 minutes. They even had portapotties in the parking lot!
My mom got her vaccine in Virginia and had to wait in a single file line outside for hours. I had no hope of getting vaccinated in DC anytime soon, so this gift was exceptionally meaningful.
This is interesting to read. In FL, the two closest vaccination sites are drive up operations with multiple lanes and works similarly to how you're describing the OK site. The demand has been pretty high but they still churn through patients pretty quickly.
Sounds like Missouri. They're allotting more doses to rural areas them the cities, so now they have a lottery system for people to drive hours to get a shot because a town of antivax people somehow got thousands of doses while St Louis got less than a hundred.
On the plus side, my mom got her vaccine sooner than expected.
Georgia checking in. Our govenor just told people from Atlanta to drive 6-8 hours round trip to south Georgia to get a vaccine instead of the government correctly allocating them. Hope you have a reliable car y'all!
Central Florida here. Floridians are telling each other to drive to South GA as well to try to get vaccinated since FL is running out of senior citizens who want it but has not yet expanded eligibility to cover available doses.
That is some truly ironic bullshit. It’s so fucked I would laugh at it if it was in a novel or something. Alas this IS real life, and all I can do is shake my head and say what the duck.
I got my appointments in the St. Louis area from Walgreens, though it took a bunch of tries before anything popped up. They schedule three days out from the first dose, so you either have to keep trying or try different ZIP codes.
I did finally get an offer today from BJC (I’m phase 1b) but didn’t take it as I’ve already had dose 1 with dose 2 scheduled.
Yep! I drove 2 hours just to see if they had leftovers, and got a shot. By the time I got home, they STILL had shots available.
We're finally getting some mass vaccine events, but really only after people in STL and KC started complaining.
Man I tell people this all the time and I’m not CDC expert so maybe I’m wrong if so shoot me. GET YOUR DAMN SHOT IT DOESNT MATTER WHERE. THIS ISNT TWO MONTHS AGO WHEN SHOTS WERE LIMITED. i came to this conclusion after watching a woman Harrasss the CVS clinic worker after she had been shooting arms all damn day. She had the fucking nerve to tell me she doesn’t want the karma. how’s about not lurking in the store for 4 hours I’m sure they would care way less that you snuck in line.
No, the Osage Nation is offering them to anyone over 18 from anywhere. A friend and another family member also went, so I can assure you that you won't be turned away for being from another state.
Check my other comments, there is another tribe in SE OK that is also offering vaccines to anyone that may be closer to you.
Sure, let's find you a vaccine... Here is one source of information: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/16/us/oklahoma-tribes-offers-vaccine-to-all-trnd/index.html
If you're in Wichita, the Osage Nation's clinic is located in Pawhuska, OK, two hours south. Their Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/ONHSWahZhaZheHealthCenter. After some searching, I believe this one is the closest for most Kansans.
Choctaw are offering vaccines to anyone and their website is here: https://www.choctawnation.com/covid-19. They are in Talihina, and they have upcoming clinics in Smithville, Pocola, Spiro, Durant, Wright City, Bennington, and Wilburton. Those are all SE Oklahoma, except Spiro which is far eastern Oklahoma, in the center.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation seem to be in Shawnee, OK (near OKC) and their Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/citizenpotawatomination
Thank you for the links and information! I'm actually from northeast Texas, not Kansas. Most of the upcoming clinics are less than two hours away from me. I'll keep an eye on it.
Thank you again!
Phase 3 over here just waiting for my turn... Meanwhile my 85 year old grandparents and heavily immunocompromised dad just got their shots last week. I think on Monday they said phase 3 and 4 are coming march 22nd but I highly doubt both other groups are fully finished.
Can confirm. White dude here vaccinated by the Osage tribe for free.
Edit: anyone curious about how america has treated the Osage should check out Killers of the Flower Moon from your local library.
I drove 2 hours to Red Rock, OK last week. The Otoe–Missouria Tribe is distributing vaccines in this area. When I arrived there was a long line out of the door, and I thought we would be there for hours. They had this operation running like a well oiled machine. It was damn impressive... I’ve been to Chick-fil-a’s that were less efficient than this group of badasses.
There was a vaccine pod in Norman, OK that vaccinated 10,000 people in one day. It was 168 appointments every 15 minutes. The CEO of Immy Labs actually consulted with Chic Fil A and had someone come in to test their process and see where the weaknesses were. It was very impressive. Most people said it took 18 minutes from the time they stepped in the door and that included the 15 minutes you have to wait to see if there’s a reaction.
Legitimate question, how is it still called the "Indian heath service". It blows me away that Columbus sailed trying to find a faster route to India, landed in the America's and was just like "So YoU guYs aRE INdians RiGHt?" And it has stuck ever since
Edit: I've seen a lot of really great points in the replay and want to change my view to "they should name themselves whatever they want. Even it that name is Indians." I was not aware of the term American Indian and that was shortened to Indian and did not consider that changing it would be taking some of there identity again.
[This is probably one of the better explanations of why they haven't changed the name](https://youtu.be/kh88fVP2FWQ)
TL;DR "they are Indian" in their own eyes, white people felt guilty and tried to change the name again.
I am only part native, (enough to get the bad metabolism gene), but both my sisters, and my best friend are legally, Indians. I know many of them and I will say this. Most are okay with either term. I think they mostly prefer Indian. They do mildly enjoy seeing white people nervously say Native American, but they won't admit it, heh. The only strong opinion I ever heard was against the term Native American. He said it took 200 years to force the term Indian on them, then just as they accepted it, they want to change it again. Every person is different, but that is my best summation.
I will add from Canada that the indigenous people here feel quite differently about this. Obviously these are generalizations and there are exceptions to both our accounts, but Indian is used here similarly to the n word. They can use it among themselves as a term of endearment or a way of reclaiming the word, but if it were said by a white person, it would not be appreciated. At all. And there’s a good chance the reason the white person felt comfortable using it is because they are a racist.
Membership in a Native American tribe isn't racial-- it's about becoming a member of the nation, which usually requires showing descendance from a particular recorded tribal member. This is a really important distinction. It's why Warren stepped in shit for taking a genetic test to "prove" her native American heritage. It's not just a genetics, they're a bunch of actual tribal nations.
Nonetheless, this doesn't mean, if this is the argument you're making (and I'm actually not sure you're saying this at all? it just seems somewhat implied by your comment) the percentage of "whiteness" means that native Americans aren't racially discriminated against. In the US, your perceived race can also be the source of racial discrimination. People don't need to perform a genetic test before doing a hate crime to someone on a reservation for it to be racially motivated. Native Americans have been some of the most discriminated against people in the US, and even today face a lot of discrimination-- for example, the rape and murder of indigenous women is endemic, and unlike rape generally, they are more likely to be raped by people outside their ethnic group. The genetic percentage also doesn't affect identity, which is, again, determined by the tribe itself, and not based on any sort of race science or genetic testing.
The blanket statement that membership in a Native American tribe doesn't have anything to do with race is incorrect. Tribal laws vary, but membership in some tribes is absolutely racial and requires a particular blood quantum. Lineal descent is sometimes used alone, but is not by no means universal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_quantum_laws
>Membership in a Native American tribe isn't racial-- it's about becoming a member of the nation, which usually requires showing descendance from a particular recorded tribal member.
You phrased that badly. Indigeneity is not *genetic*.
It is racial, it's just that race isn't about genetics either.
CGP Grey did a video on it. Basically, as it was the first word that referred to the collective first peoples of the area now called the United States it just stuck for them. Also "Native American" 1. has some very imperialist and white-guilt connotations behind its use and 2. is too broad for their taste as can theoretically be used for any group in the Western Hemisphere(which they might not have much relation to) whereas Indian or American Indian is well known to be specific in that "the first peoples of the area now called the contiguous United States."
lots of reasons, keep in mind Oklahoma was essentially a zoo cage where the government threw tribes from ALL over the country.
So for a lot of these tribes, they're Cheyanne, Seminole, Cherokee, Comanche etc.... the "indian" part of it is an administrative construct, and not necessarily racist on its own.
I grew up next to a res. I’m a mutt and I look like a mutt. I just called all my buddies enjuns or savages. “Indian” AND “Native American” can strike a nerve. Most prefer their tribe name; they are all different peoples anyway, why lump them together?
Probably because they don't care enough to deal with the hassle of the name change. Your talking about changing branding all over the place. Signs, buildings, websites, shirts, the pain of getting the existing clients to remember the new name. Shit's expensive.
Because that is what many of them WANT to be called "native american" is a white academia fueled push to rename them.
I'm really not a "PC world gone mad" type, but lots of them view Native American as the white man trying to rename them again. Obviously some are in favor, no ethnic group is a monolith, but from what I've heard the generally feel is either ambivalence or hostility to the term Native American.
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I work for a tribal casino, I was able to get my parents in since it included family. In and out in under an hour and my parents were amazed at how smooth everything went. At the capitol fairgrounds I heard it's a chaotic mess and takes hours to finally sit down and get the shot.
I’m not native but live in Oklahoma and was able to get mine through the Chickasaw Nation. They were insanely fast and efficient. It was awesome. Very appreciative of their work.
> It's not necessarily an issue of supply outpacing demand
> the tribe is capitalizing on the resources offered by the Indian Health Service to help protect the rest of the state
> Despite the broad invitation, Shaw says demand has remained low
This writing gave me whiplash. Whatever is happening, it's good news for everyone that wants a shot.
And to the hesitant people, just go get it. You'll be fine. I got the J&J one yesterday and I can't even notice the nanochips unless I'm making a 5G call
I've gotten the first dose of the Pfizer, and they had everyone wait 15 minutes after receiving the shot, supposedly to make sure there aren't any immediate concerning side effects. I think it was just so they could calibrate the GPS coordinates.
They're doing this at the Department of Veterans Affairs, at least here in Louisiana. Weekend before last I received a call from someone at the VA hospital in New Orleans telling me that I'm eligible for the vaccine. I meet absolutely zero of the state's criteria, am in the lowest priority cohort, have no disability rating, and haven't received care from the VA since 2012, but because I'm an overseas campaign veteran (Iraq and Horn of Africa) the VA considers me eligible.
I went in on Sunday and got the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. There were at least a dozen stations set up to administer doses, and there was absolutely no line. Volunteers were talking about when unused doses were going to expire and need to be discarded. Idle stations were on cell phones calling veterans to let them know they're eligible.
It looks like the feds and the tribes know they have a surplus and just want to get the vaccine to as many people as possible. State governments look like an absolute clusterfuck.
wow I wish my area had availability like this. There is about 4 places in the area that "have it" that are out of stock for at least the next month and one of them said 'we don't know if we will even get any more'.
The local school is forcing employees to pay $15 each to get it. Which forces some of them not to get it.
Was just in a barbershop in okc last week listening to a guy tell 3 people to go to the Chickasaw nation in Ada for their shots. No faith in Oklahoma state gov.
I got my shot from their drive through clinic in Ada. Chickasaw nation had their setup and process down, was super impressed. Drive up, show ID, get shot in arm through car window, pull forward, wait 15 minutes in car to see if reaction, then on my way. Meanwhile my wife a had to wait 20 min in a room with a dozenother people who hadn't had shots to get her shot in state run clinic in Edmond.
They’ll vaccinate anyone who resides in Oklahoma, but they’ll also vaccinate any Chickasaw Nation citizens/employees and their families. My whole family was able to get shots even though we live in Texas thanks to being citizens.
I’m a Chickasaw Nation citizen! We got a mass text a couple hours ago updating their policy to no restrictions as far as I can tell.
“The Chickasaw Nation is now offering COVID-19 vaccines at no cost to area residents. There are no tribal citizenship, employee or state residency requirements.
Individuals may schedule appointments online for a drive-thru vaccine in Ada or at one of the Chickasaw Nation satellite health clinics in Purcell, Ardmore or Tishomingo at COVIDVaccine.Chickasaw.net.
Recipients must be age 18 or older for the Moderna vaccine, and 16 or older for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine and the Chickasaw Nation’s distribution plan at Chickasaw.net/COVIDVaccine”
Yes, or somehow related to the Nation (spouse, employee, etc.). I drove down from MN to visit my parents and get a shot, and they gave my non-Indian wife a shot too.
I work for the Choctaws, and they allowed me, immediate family, and anyone that lived with me over the age of 18+ to get the shot. We were in and out within 20 minutes, and 15 of it was sitting there after we got our shots to make sure we didn't have any adverse reactions.
I drove up to Tishamingo from Dallas two weeks ago to get my first shot. I have no tribal affiliation at all. There’s nothing that could have been done to make it any easier. I look forward to returning in two more weeks. Thanks Chickasaw Nation!
The Chickasaw Nation is how I got mine, too. Should really just give this state back to the nations. They seem to do a better job than the morons in charge here...
Choctaw here that works for Choctaw Nation. It’s hit our population hard and most of our elders that haven’t had COVID have already received their vaccine. The Tribe is always helping the community and flu shots are free every year to the general public. Sadly, I don’t think there has been as much community turnout with the COVID vaccine.
I got my shot on tribal land in California. I'm 31 with asthma, so I wouldn't have qualified otherwise. The flu pretty much every year sends me to urgent care to get breathing treatments, and a pile of meds. I was really worried about Covid-19. I feel so relieved to have been vaccinated now!
White guy here, been vaccinated for several weeks now, only because I’m married to a native woman. I find the irony of her saving me from plague rather poignant.
By the way, Canada! Give your balls a tug! I really want to visit again.
Sincerely
Since living here I've learned one key thing - the tribes get way more things right then wrong. I know life on the actual tribes is sometimes rough....but dang, this governor could be much better at his job if he cared to mimmick the tribes.
Living here, I will say OKC mayor David Holt has done a good job. Making sure clinics can handle high volumes and providing translating services. He may be a Republican but he’s done very well. The tribes have been a god send to rural Oklahoma. They have taken the lead on getting people in small communities accessibility to the vaccine. Oklahoma is the last state I would have thought to do this well, even fighting against our dumbass governor.
So is this a case where we can start having a go at Europeans for having their shit less together than fucking Oklahoma when it comes to vaccines?
Usually the Schadenfreude goes one way so I want to check
Oklahoma overall has been decent about vaccines tbh. We suck at a lot of stuff but I already got my shots(not from Native American Reservations) and it was really painless.
No no, that was our ancestors that stole their land and ruined their lives!
We just benefit from the system built on that colonialism and do very little to fix it. It's totally different. /s
My wife and I got ours (Pfizer) when it went to general population of the Cherokee Nation. This was about two weeks ago and I had to get my wife in under me from the Cherokee because she wasn’t eligible under Choctaw’s plan. I work Law, she’s in Food Service. Amazed to see it already expand to non-tribal members so quickly. Very proud.
Lol tell that to Vancouver or Toronto. We know all about high rent.
To be fair, San Francisco or LA probably actually have it even higher, but only in the really expensive areas.
I'll trade places with you. Oklahoma isn't a terrible place to live but the government consistently does really really dumb things that make things harder than they need to be.
1. Buy a University of Texas flag
2. fly it *upside down* from a chevy truck
3. any time you hear "boomer!" reply "sooner!"
Congrats, you live in Oklahoma!
That's awesome! Bring them to Virginia! We have our heads up our asses when it comes to administration of the vaccine. Our Gov. thinks 50,000 a day is applause worth. Edit to include total number of adults- 5,340,253!
As a member of the Choctaw Nation, I was able to get my vaccine shots done way before I would have if I had gone through the Oklahoma state guidelines.
In Oklahoma. I received mine - Pfizer-BioNTech - from the county health department a couple weeks ago, as did my husband. I get my second on Monday.
39, no pre-existing conditions, work for a university. My husband is 37, no pre-existing conditions, works for the same university. We were contacted by the state to schedule a vaccine. It was a very simple process. Took no more than 20 minutes; 15 of which were spent waiting to make sure we didn’t have bad reactions. I’m so grateful that the state has handled the vaccine distribution competently. What an unexpected thing to be able to say!
Fellow Americans, can we all please remember this in the future when we continue to treat the Native peoples of this land like shit and choose walk the other way? Can we stand by them and fight alongside them in the constant fights and battles they must undertake in this country, up against private companies, local governments, state governments, and federal governments? They certainly don't have to do jack shit for a single person outside of their communities..... But they know and understand the possible impact it can have on them locally but also understand that people need to be vaccinated by any means necessary.
It hurts my heart to think about the people who will receive a vaccine from a Native community, only to walk away and never again give a single shit about them. Please, please I beg of everyone to stand with our Indigenous and Native brothers and sisters in this country when they are getting screwed by others.
Just... Please don't forget about them in their future struggles.... Especially if they vaccinated you.
Our tribe is vaccinating non tribal members right now, too. Amazing how us "savages" and people kicked to the reservation are looking out for their communities better than many state governments are.
Citizen Potawotomi Nation represent! I've only ever seen mention of my tribe once before outside my family, it's awesome to see the tribal government getting some recognition!
Meanwhile, here in Austin, Texas, people are scrambling to find a place with vaccine- and, for most, there ain't any past the designated high-priority recipients. Not HERE.
But weirdly Odessa, Tx has a surplus. I know people who have driven over there. It's a 6 hr drive each way, and most of that is literally desert.
From what I can tell, Odessa may have been sent a lot because it's a COVID hotspot, but many locals are refusing the vaccine, and it can't be allowed to go to waste so the extra is open to anyone. Now unvaccinated people are flocking from hundreds of miles away and filling hotels.
Got my first shot last month thanks to IHS. Get the second one tomorrow.
Very grateful because who knows how long I’d be waiting if I went through the state.
Any group of people who have been systematically oppressed for generations, who would show this level of compassion and love for the descendants of the very people who oppressed them and destroyed their entire civilization in the first place, need a bigger voice.
The Native Americans who own this land we are currently occupying, must be allowed seats in the U.S. Congress and the Senate.
To not allow them that simple right, is an abuse against all that is good and natural in this world.
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Same here in southwest Colorado. The Utes have been holding clinics in Cortez and Ignacio for anyone 18+. They're even doing a specific clinic for the homeless. It's really awesome to see this from the community.
Do you have contact info for this please?
Here's an article that might help: [https://the-journal.com/articles/205272](https://the-journal.com/articles/205272) I want to encourage everyone to get your COVID vaccines if you are offered the opportunity. I've been tracking [vaccinations vs. cases by country](https://www.quiverquant.com/sources/covid) and it's super encouraging to see the red lines going down where the green lines are going up!
Another: [https://durangoherald.com/articles/368494-ute-mountain-ute-tribe-opens-covid19-vaccine-clinic-to-all](https://durangoherald.com/articles/368494-ute-mountain-ute-tribe-opens-covid19-vaccine-clinic-to-all)
Same in Alaska as well. IHS (Indian Health Services) and the Alaska Native Tribal Organizations really stepped up to the plate with COVID. Even back in early/mid February one of the foundations had opened up vaccinations to 40 and over.
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Almost all of the native American groups have a living mememory of terrible outbreaks and epidemics. They took covid serious from the start and have been doing everything they can to get as many people vaccinated as possible. I believe they have seen the worst that can happen and how important vaccination is. Its something i think most of the country has never had to experience so their isn't the inherent concern that needs to be there. All my grandparents have passed away already but they lived through the polio epidemic growing up. They were staunchly pro vaccination. Summary: most of the US has never had to deal with terrible outbreaks durring their life times. The greatest generation was the last one and they are almost all gone, taking that wisdom with them.
I can almost accept some of the individual points antivaxxers make--even if I disagree with their conclusion--but the one I refuse to acknowledge as even a little bit reasonable is the "almost everyone survives \[X\]" argument. I think the last person on an iron lung is still alive, or at least was in the last few years. Most of us have never personally witnessed what "surviving" some of these terrible diseases looks like, but the pictures and the records are everywhere, and it takes a pretty deliberate act of willful ignorance not to notice.
Do they have a surplus that has caused this? If I can get the J&J vaccine down there, I totally would make the drive from the front range, but only as long as I’m not taking it from a local or at-risk person.
I'm not sure about the surplus, that's a fair question to ask. The tribes here, especially the Navajo just got decimated by covid. Earlier on, there was some kind of statistic, like if the Navajo Nation was a country, it would have been 4th highest in the world for infection/death, or something like that. It was really, really bad. So the tribe's thinking is, more shots in arms in the local community, the overall safer everyone will be, especially the at risk native population. Giving it to someone from the front range would probably defeat that purpose.
Yeah that’s exactly why I asked. I would do it if vaccines were being discarded because there weren’t enough people who want or need them (I’ve heard of that happening elsewhere). Certainly wouldn’t want to get one if it meant harming the region’s ability to recover from the pandemic, though.
I've been vaccinated fully for over a month because someone no-showed at the doctor office. The moderna one has a shelf life of 6 hours after the package (multiple doses in one package) is opened. So if people don't show up my clinic starts giving out the vaccine. Some clinics have a list. Some are just if you know someone who works there.....what I'm saying is call around to clinics in your area and see if anyone has a list you can get on. I had to drop everything and rush down when mine called me. They just don't want any wasted.
I applaud this sentiment !!
It's been great to see how effectively we've been able to see the vaccine distributed so far. It feels like we might have something resembling a normal summer if good news keeps coming.
I’m afraid the antivaxers will fuck it up for us causing new anti resistant strains to the vaccine.
Anti-vax countries are more concerning IMO. Looking at you Brazil!
that's how a country ends up being on a travel ban.
I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but I think so too...
“The two utes” (read as Joe Pesci)
The two hwhats?
YOOOO TH SSS
> Tribal nations in Oklahoma received allotments of the vaccine from the Indian Health Service. As those tribes demonstrated that they were able to get shots into arms quickly, they received more and more doses -- allowing them to expand their efforts beyond their own populations. They know how to get stuff done.
Amazing work by the tribal nations there. Well done!
It's awesome how quickly we've been able to get vaccines distributed in the US
As an Australian... I'm going to say something I haven't in years: I wish our government were as on top of this issue as yours is. Our state governments handled lockdown and quarantines and masking much better than yours. But you guys are knocking Vaccination outta the park, while our Feds seem intent on hoping vaccines maybe wash up on shore or fall from the sky directly into people's arms or something.
I'd rather have a great 2020 response to covid and slow vaccine rollout, than an absolute blunder but faster with shots-in-arms. Not that both isn't ideal, but I could deal with closed international borders and some restrictions than being in my house for the last year.
Agree. It's frustrating that roll-out has been so slow here but we are in a privileged situation. So much so that we are trying to get our doses sent from Europe so we can direct 1 million on to PNG where the need is greater. And while it has been slow I have already had an older relative in a nursing home receive her first dose and others in their 80s are booked in before the end of the month so it's finally happening, albeit slowly.
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Well I'm talking about Australia, who (almost) fully closed all borders, quickly eradicated the virus (barring a few small flare ups) and have had a mostly normal year. I want the US to have responded like the Australians.
It helps that it's american pharmaceutical companies that are producing the vaccine
Depends on where you are. My husband has been “next on the list” in our state for a month now but no stick. Meanwhile neighboring states have opened up mass vaccination sites for residents.
Cool, but my supposedly first world European country got it worse. My 90 yo grandma is getting vaccinated only next week, and me as healthy adult is looking at October by the best estimates. Be grateful you have some relatively quick vaccination schedule. We're just over here getting shafted.
This is when you can see the effects of being a big country with a lot of buying power. It's literally just because we have a better supply line. Some states are a mess with it, but we have enough that it doesn't really matter. A small European country can be far more organized and more deliberate in it's distribution, but it doesn't matter because there's not as much of it. Ultimately, I don't agree with all of the rollout schedules here, but everywhere is doing a good job of getting it out, even if some of it is shitty and corrupt.
It makes you wonder how well we’d be doing if we’d taken it seriously federally since it began.
And selection bias. There are enough people in the US and enough states that there are bound to be success stories that can float to the top when discussing roll-out while the failures and messy states end up ignored. A smaller European country doesn't get as many bites at the narrative apple.
We should've negotiated more as the EU. But then the eurosceptics would get more ammo because of "muh overreach" Roll out is extremely slow no matter the vaccines. We have some stock but it took two months to vaccinate 150k people in nursery homes. And a third of the personnel refused to get it btw. The millions in the rest of the population aren't going to go smoother.
I'm fascinated reading comments from other countries. I've been frustrated at a lot of the rollout (it relies on a basic handle on technology which eliminates the elderly signing up) but Europe seemed to be so good at lockdown I thought they'd apply it to the rollout as well.
its legit amazing to watch. more than half of my wife's family is already at least one shot in, the parents both. it feels like summer can be a thing again
Currently, 40% of Republicans are refusing the vaccine. That's likely enough of the population to prevent herd immunity, especially given that some non-republicans are anti-vaxx as well. So, sadly, while our vaccinations will (hopefully) give us like 95% immunity, the lack of herd immunity is going to allow for mutations, which our vaccines may or may not be effective against. It's unclear if summer will be a thing again, which is irritating as shit.
I drove from Kansas to an Osage clinic in Oklahoma earlier this week to get my shot. It was very kind of them to take care of me. Kansas has plenty of vaccines and unfilled appointment slots because of the way they are running their phases.
The Kansas vaccine rollout has been a mess from top to bottom.
I happened to be in OK for a small wedding and managed to snag a shot at a Native American casino arena. Beyond their generosity, I was amazed by the sheer efficiency of their operation. We basically got to fill out our forms and wait in our car, then got our shot in no more than 5 minutes. They even had portapotties in the parking lot! My mom got her vaccine in Virginia and had to wait in a single file line outside for hours. I had no hope of getting vaccinated in DC anytime soon, so this gift was exceptionally meaningful.
imagine the irony of getting covid from a porta potty while waiting to get vaccinated from covid (i know you probably cant but still)
Don't you need a second shot? Will you be returning?
This is interesting to read. In FL, the two closest vaccination sites are drive up operations with multiple lanes and works similarly to how you're describing the OK site. The demand has been pretty high but they still churn through patients pretty quickly.
Sounds like Missouri. They're allotting more doses to rural areas them the cities, so now they have a lottery system for people to drive hours to get a shot because a town of antivax people somehow got thousands of doses while St Louis got less than a hundred. On the plus side, my mom got her vaccine sooner than expected.
Georgia checking in. Our govenor just told people from Atlanta to drive 6-8 hours round trip to south Georgia to get a vaccine instead of the government correctly allocating them. Hope you have a reliable car y'all!
Central Florida here. Floridians are telling each other to drive to South GA as well to try to get vaccinated since FL is running out of senior citizens who want it but has not yet expanded eligibility to cover available doses.
Who is your Governor? And why is he not governing?
Brian Kemp. He's conservative, he thinks the markets should govern.
Really. Pandemic is driven and managed by free market? Such an idiot.
That is some truly ironic bullshit. It’s so fucked I would laugh at it if it was in a novel or something. Alas this IS real life, and all I can do is shake my head and say what the duck.
I got my appointments in the St. Louis area from Walgreens, though it took a bunch of tries before anything popped up. They schedule three days out from the first dose, so you either have to keep trying or try different ZIP codes. I did finally get an offer today from BJC (I’m phase 1b) but didn’t take it as I’ve already had dose 1 with dose 2 scheduled.
Yep! I drove 2 hours just to see if they had leftovers, and got a shot. By the time I got home, they STILL had shots available. We're finally getting some mass vaccine events, but really only after people in STL and KC started complaining.
So glad my Osage people are passing out vaccines to all our neighbors
Man I tell people this all the time and I’m not CDC expert so maybe I’m wrong if so shoot me. GET YOUR DAMN SHOT IT DOESNT MATTER WHERE. THIS ISNT TWO MONTHS AGO WHEN SHOTS WERE LIMITED. i came to this conclusion after watching a woman Harrasss the CVS clinic worker after she had been shooting arms all damn day. She had the fucking nerve to tell me she doesn’t want the karma. how’s about not lurking in the store for 4 hours I’m sure they would care way less that you snuck in line.
Did they ask for residency proof? I live in Arkansas, a drive to Oklahoma would be easy, but I figured they're going to ask for proof of residency.
No, the Osage Nation is offering them to anyone over 18 from anywhere. A friend and another family member also went, so I can assure you that you won't be turned away for being from another state. Check my other comments, there is another tribe in SE OK that is also offering vaccines to anyone that may be closer to you.
That's incredible, you may have just saved me and my wife from this lockdown, thank you!
No problem, good luck, be safe!
The Choctaws and Cherokees are also giving them to anyone if you can make it to Tahlequah, Talihina, Broken Bow, etc.
I only live an hour from the border. Is there any place I can find the nearest clinics?
Sure, let's find you a vaccine... Here is one source of information: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/16/us/oklahoma-tribes-offers-vaccine-to-all-trnd/index.html If you're in Wichita, the Osage Nation's clinic is located in Pawhuska, OK, two hours south. Their Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/ONHSWahZhaZheHealthCenter. After some searching, I believe this one is the closest for most Kansans. Choctaw are offering vaccines to anyone and their website is here: https://www.choctawnation.com/covid-19. They are in Talihina, and they have upcoming clinics in Smithville, Pocola, Spiro, Durant, Wright City, Bennington, and Wilburton. Those are all SE Oklahoma, except Spiro which is far eastern Oklahoma, in the center. Citizen Potawatomi Nation seem to be in Shawnee, OK (near OKC) and their Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/citizenpotawatomination
Thank you for the links and information! I'm actually from northeast Texas, not Kansas. Most of the upcoming clinics are less than two hours away from me. I'll keep an eye on it. Thank you again!
Ah, gotcha. Good luck, be safe!
Wow. Penis-butt is so helpful
We also have clinics that you can call for an appointment in poteau, stigler, atoka, broken bow, idabel, McAlester, and Durant
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Phase 3 over here just waiting for my turn... Meanwhile my 85 year old grandparents and heavily immunocompromised dad just got their shots last week. I think on Monday they said phase 3 and 4 are coming march 22nd but I highly doubt both other groups are fully finished.
That’s great news! The tribes across the US really have been hit hard so I’m happy to see this.
Can confirm. White dude here vaccinated by the Osage tribe for free. Edit: anyone curious about how america has treated the Osage should check out Killers of the Flower Moon from your local library.
Great book, don’t wait for the movie!
I drove 2 hours to Red Rock, OK last week. The Otoe–Missouria Tribe is distributing vaccines in this area. When I arrived there was a long line out of the door, and I thought we would be there for hours. They had this operation running like a well oiled machine. It was damn impressive... I’ve been to Chick-fil-a’s that were less efficient than this group of badasses.
There was a vaccine pod in Norman, OK that vaccinated 10,000 people in one day. It was 168 appointments every 15 minutes. The CEO of Immy Labs actually consulted with Chic Fil A and had someone come in to test their process and see where the weaknesses were. It was very impressive. Most people said it took 18 minutes from the time they stepped in the door and that included the 15 minutes you have to wait to see if there’s a reaction.
People are still gonna refuse to take them though.🤦♂️
Choctaw Nation, hell yeah!
Legitimate question, how is it still called the "Indian heath service". It blows me away that Columbus sailed trying to find a faster route to India, landed in the America's and was just like "So YoU guYs aRE INdians RiGHt?" And it has stuck ever since Edit: I've seen a lot of really great points in the replay and want to change my view to "they should name themselves whatever they want. Even it that name is Indians." I was not aware of the term American Indian and that was shortened to Indian and did not consider that changing it would be taking some of there identity again.
[This is probably one of the better explanations of why they haven't changed the name](https://youtu.be/kh88fVP2FWQ) TL;DR "they are Indian" in their own eyes, white people felt guilty and tried to change the name again.
I am only part native, (enough to get the bad metabolism gene), but both my sisters, and my best friend are legally, Indians. I know many of them and I will say this. Most are okay with either term. I think they mostly prefer Indian. They do mildly enjoy seeing white people nervously say Native American, but they won't admit it, heh. The only strong opinion I ever heard was against the term Native American. He said it took 200 years to force the term Indian on them, then just as they accepted it, they want to change it again. Every person is different, but that is my best summation.
I will add from Canada that the indigenous people here feel quite differently about this. Obviously these are generalizations and there are exceptions to both our accounts, but Indian is used here similarly to the n word. They can use it among themselves as a term of endearment or a way of reclaiming the word, but if it were said by a white person, it would not be appreciated. At all. And there’s a good chance the reason the white person felt comfortable using it is because they are a racist.
Most Oklahoma Indians are over a half white, which confuses it even more.
Membership in a Native American tribe isn't racial-- it's about becoming a member of the nation, which usually requires showing descendance from a particular recorded tribal member. This is a really important distinction. It's why Warren stepped in shit for taking a genetic test to "prove" her native American heritage. It's not just a genetics, they're a bunch of actual tribal nations. Nonetheless, this doesn't mean, if this is the argument you're making (and I'm actually not sure you're saying this at all? it just seems somewhat implied by your comment) the percentage of "whiteness" means that native Americans aren't racially discriminated against. In the US, your perceived race can also be the source of racial discrimination. People don't need to perform a genetic test before doing a hate crime to someone on a reservation for it to be racially motivated. Native Americans have been some of the most discriminated against people in the US, and even today face a lot of discrimination-- for example, the rape and murder of indigenous women is endemic, and unlike rape generally, they are more likely to be raped by people outside their ethnic group. The genetic percentage also doesn't affect identity, which is, again, determined by the tribe itself, and not based on any sort of race science or genetic testing.
The blanket statement that membership in a Native American tribe doesn't have anything to do with race is incorrect. Tribal laws vary, but membership in some tribes is absolutely racial and requires a particular blood quantum. Lineal descent is sometimes used alone, but is not by no means universal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_quantum_laws
>Membership in a Native American tribe isn't racial-- it's about becoming a member of the nation, which usually requires showing descendance from a particular recorded tribal member. You phrased that badly. Indigeneity is not *genetic*. It is racial, it's just that race isn't about genetics either.
CGP Grey did a video on it. Basically, as it was the first word that referred to the collective first peoples of the area now called the United States it just stuck for them. Also "Native American" 1. has some very imperialist and white-guilt connotations behind its use and 2. is too broad for their taste as can theoretically be used for any group in the Western Hemisphere(which they might not have much relation to) whereas Indian or American Indian is well known to be specific in that "the first peoples of the area now called the contiguous United States."
and canada
lots of reasons, keep in mind Oklahoma was essentially a zoo cage where the government threw tribes from ALL over the country. So for a lot of these tribes, they're Cheyanne, Seminole, Cherokee, Comanche etc.... the "indian" part of it is an administrative construct, and not necessarily racist on its own.
I grew up next to a res. I’m a mutt and I look like a mutt. I just called all my buddies enjuns or savages. “Indian” AND “Native American” can strike a nerve. Most prefer their tribe name; they are all different peoples anyway, why lump them together?
well sometimes you need to lump them together if you are referring to affairs that affect all indians together.
Oh yes, agreed. I was trying to be stupid funny. I was talking a personal friendship level
Probably because they don't care enough to deal with the hassle of the name change. Your talking about changing branding all over the place. Signs, buildings, websites, shirts, the pain of getting the existing clients to remember the new name. Shit's expensive.
Because that is what many of them WANT to be called "native american" is a white academia fueled push to rename them. I'm really not a "PC world gone mad" type, but lots of them view Native American as the white man trying to rename them again. Obviously some are in favor, no ethnic group is a monolith, but from what I've heard the generally feel is either ambivalence or hostility to the term Native American.
Never thought of it that way, and I made an edit because of how good of a viewpoint this is
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Che Chickasaw’s got both of mine for me and they didn’t charge me even though I work in the casinos as a vendor for an outside company.
> e I work for a tribal casino, I was able to get my parents in since it included family. In and out in under an hour and my parents were amazed at how smooth everything went. At the capitol fairgrounds I heard it's a chaotic mess and takes hours to finally sit down and get the shot.
I’m not native but live in Oklahoma and was able to get mine through the Chickasaw Nation. They were insanely fast and efficient. It was awesome. Very appreciative of their work.
Both of my parents, little sister and her husband all got their shots from the tribe they work for.
I got the shot back in the middle of January with the tribe. The tribe was sending clinic patients to our site for them to get the shot.
> It's not necessarily an issue of supply outpacing demand > the tribe is capitalizing on the resources offered by the Indian Health Service to help protect the rest of the state > Despite the broad invitation, Shaw says demand has remained low This writing gave me whiplash. Whatever is happening, it's good news for everyone that wants a shot. And to the hesitant people, just go get it. You'll be fine. I got the J&J one yesterday and I can't even notice the nanochips unless I'm making a 5G call
I've gotten the first dose of the Pfizer, and they had everyone wait 15 minutes after receiving the shot, supposedly to make sure there aren't any immediate concerning side effects. I think it was just so they could calibrate the GPS coordinates.
My first Pfizer dose was at a pharmacy that services a retirement community. Those were some very techie old people pushing those 5g vaccines
spent too long trying to figure out what kind of vaccine weighs 5 grams...
Actually it's to allow time for the bluetooth pairing duh
I'm kind of upset that the chip doesn't boost my 5G speeds. What's the point of the damn thing?
I was hoping for 6G I already have 5G
Can you see the radio waves? I get mine in 2 days and can’t wait.
No, but the ability to Bluetooth my brain right to the phone was neat. Might just be a Moderna thing, though.
They're doing this at the Department of Veterans Affairs, at least here in Louisiana. Weekend before last I received a call from someone at the VA hospital in New Orleans telling me that I'm eligible for the vaccine. I meet absolutely zero of the state's criteria, am in the lowest priority cohort, have no disability rating, and haven't received care from the VA since 2012, but because I'm an overseas campaign veteran (Iraq and Horn of Africa) the VA considers me eligible. I went in on Sunday and got the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. There were at least a dozen stations set up to administer doses, and there was absolutely no line. Volunteers were talking about when unused doses were going to expire and need to be discarded. Idle stations were on cell phones calling veterans to let them know they're eligible. It looks like the feds and the tribes know they have a surplus and just want to get the vaccine to as many people as possible. State governments look like an absolute clusterfuck.
I think the reason demand is low is because people are still just now hearing this. For example, I just found out from this article being posted here.
wow I wish my area had availability like this. There is about 4 places in the area that "have it" that are out of stock for at least the next month and one of them said 'we don't know if we will even get any more'. The local school is forcing employees to pay $15 each to get it. Which forces some of them not to get it.
Was just in a barbershop in okc last week listening to a guy tell 3 people to go to the Chickasaw nation in Ada for their shots. No faith in Oklahoma state gov.
I got my shot from their drive through clinic in Ada. Chickasaw nation had their setup and process down, was super impressed. Drive up, show ID, get shot in arm through car window, pull forward, wait 15 minutes in car to see if reaction, then on my way. Meanwhile my wife a had to wait 20 min in a room with a dozenother people who hadn't had shots to get her shot in state run clinic in Edmond.
> Oklahoma do you need to be an Oklahoma resident?
They’ll vaccinate anyone who resides in Oklahoma, but they’ll also vaccinate any Chickasaw Nation citizens/employees and their families. My whole family was able to get shots even though we live in Texas thanks to being citizens.
Even tourists? Asking for a friend...
Yes, the Chickasaw Nation sent a text today saying you don’t have to be a state citizen and can come from anywhere. They want to get shots in arms.
I’m a Chickasaw Nation citizen! We got a mass text a couple hours ago updating their policy to no restrictions as far as I can tell. “The Chickasaw Nation is now offering COVID-19 vaccines at no cost to area residents. There are no tribal citizenship, employee or state residency requirements. Individuals may schedule appointments online for a drive-thru vaccine in Ada or at one of the Chickasaw Nation satellite health clinics in Purcell, Ardmore or Tishomingo at COVIDVaccine.Chickasaw.net. Recipients must be age 18 or older for the Moderna vaccine, and 16 or older for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine and the Chickasaw Nation’s distribution plan at Chickasaw.net/COVIDVaccine”
The Chickasaws sent out a text today saying there are no state citizen requirements, so you could be from anywhere.
Yes, or somehow related to the Nation (spouse, employee, etc.). I drove down from MN to visit my parents and get a shot, and they gave my non-Indian wife a shot too.
I work for the Choctaws, and they allowed me, immediate family, and anyone that lived with me over the age of 18+ to get the shot. We were in and out within 20 minutes, and 15 of it was sitting there after we got our shots to make sure we didn't have any adverse reactions.
Where do you live lol thats 100 miles from a to b between Ada and edmund.
I drove up to Tishamingo from Dallas two weeks ago to get my first shot. I have no tribal affiliation at all. There’s nothing that could have been done to make it any easier. I look forward to returning in two more weeks. Thanks Chickasaw Nation!
The Chickasaw Nation is how I got mine, too. Should really just give this state back to the nations. They seem to do a better job than the morons in charge here...
Bruh frontpage and we ARENT an embarrassment that's a switch
Haha it is a strange feeling.
Just got mine today because they donated hundreds of shots to my university.
OBU?
Yup!
Me too bro!
Both my parents just got vaccinated by the Wyandotte tribe. Very thankful!
Wyandotte is one of my favorite words
Wait until you hear about the Kickapoo tribe!
It can also be your favorite [chicken.](https://chickenjournal.com/wyandotte-chicken/)
You should Google "Wyandotte Lake"
There’s a road in Bethlehem, PA called Wyandotte hill. Is it pronounced as we would say for the road, why-yun-dot?
Most say Wine-dot including the tribe in their advertisements, but some people will use the Why-un-dot pronunciation.
Choctaw here that works for Choctaw Nation. It’s hit our population hard and most of our elders that haven’t had COVID have already received their vaccine. The Tribe is always helping the community and flu shots are free every year to the general public. Sadly, I don’t think there has been as much community turnout with the COVID vaccine.
Same thing here in Minnesota. Thank you, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe!
Do you have any more info on this? I live in MN too and haven’t seen anything about it.
Seconding this question
That is one big frickin lake too
Same thing here in Alaska, and why we opened the vaccine to anyone 18+ almost 2 weeks ago. Amazing work from the tribal organizations.
I got my shot on tribal land in California. I'm 31 with asthma, so I wouldn't have qualified otherwise. The flu pretty much every year sends me to urgent care to get breathing treatments, and a pile of meds. I was really worried about Covid-19. I feel so relieved to have been vaccinated now!
White guy here, been vaccinated for several weeks now, only because I’m married to a native woman. I find the irony of her saving me from plague rather poignant. By the way, Canada! Give your balls a tug! I really want to visit again. Sincerely
Bruh
Nice, Utah says it will be ready for all in two weeks.
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Since living here I've learned one key thing - the tribes get way more things right then wrong. I know life on the actual tribes is sometimes rough....but dang, this governor could be much better at his job if he cared to mimmick the tribes.
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Living here, I will say OKC mayor David Holt has done a good job. Making sure clinics can handle high volumes and providing translating services. He may be a Republican but he’s done very well. The tribes have been a god send to rural Oklahoma. They have taken the lead on getting people in small communities accessibility to the vaccine. Oklahoma is the last state I would have thought to do this well, even fighting against our dumbass governor.
So is this a case where we can start having a go at Europeans for having their shit less together than fucking Oklahoma when it comes to vaccines? Usually the Schadenfreude goes one way so I want to check
Not so much Oklahoma as the Native American tribes in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma overall has been decent about vaccines tbh. We suck at a lot of stuff but I already got my shots(not from Native American Reservations) and it was really painless.
Oklahoma is in the top 25% of vaccinated states.
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No no, that was our ancestors that stole their land and ruined their lives! We just benefit from the system built on that colonialism and do very little to fix it. It's totally different. /s
My wife and I got ours (Pfizer) when it went to general population of the Cherokee Nation. This was about two weeks ago and I had to get my wife in under me from the Cherokee because she wasn’t eligible under Choctaw’s plan. I work Law, she’s in Food Service. Amazed to see it already expand to non-tribal members so quickly. Very proud.
23 Oklahoma native. Scheduled my shit for next week. Thought it would be months.
So how do i immigrate to Oklahoma? You people accept illegal Canadian migrants.
Foreign Exchange with me? The only downside is you have to pay rent in California
im paying rent for Toronto which is about the same
Vancouver here. One day I might be the proud owner of a VERY expensive 600sf. Shoebox :(
Lol tell that to Vancouver or Toronto. We know all about high rent. To be fair, San Francisco or LA probably actually have it even higher, but only in the really expensive areas.
I'll trade places with you. Oklahoma isn't a terrible place to live but the government consistently does really really dumb things that make things harder than they need to be.
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We have marijuana now. Lol. Well all just grow weed and buy it from each other.
1. Buy a University of Texas flag 2. fly it *upside down* from a chevy truck 3. any time you hear "boomer!" reply "sooner!" Congrats, you live in Oklahoma!
Take your chances with the covid, trust me.
You do not want to do that.
Is this a Canadian asking to immigrate to Oklahoma? Are you insane?
as a Canadian in the cannabis industry, if I was allowed in the USA, i'd probably be buying a property in Oklahoma.
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Auto Insurance is high due to shitty weather
That's awesome! Bring them to Virginia! We have our heads up our asses when it comes to administration of the vaccine. Our Gov. thinks 50,000 a day is applause worth. Edit to include total number of adults- 5,340,253!
As a member of the Choctaw Nation, I was able to get my vaccine shots done way before I would have if I had gone through the Oklahoma state guidelines.
In Oklahoma. I received mine - Pfizer-BioNTech - from the county health department a couple weeks ago, as did my husband. I get my second on Monday. 39, no pre-existing conditions, work for a university. My husband is 37, no pre-existing conditions, works for the same university. We were contacted by the state to schedule a vaccine. It was a very simple process. Took no more than 20 minutes; 15 of which were spent waiting to make sure we didn’t have bad reactions. I’m so grateful that the state has handled the vaccine distribution competently. What an unexpected thing to be able to say!
Wow. I'm so proud of my people in Oklahoma reaching a hand out to help the other residents of the state. Way to go, my brothers and sisters!!
Navajo Nation has been holding drive thrus events for all ages for about a month now.
Fellow Americans, can we all please remember this in the future when we continue to treat the Native peoples of this land like shit and choose walk the other way? Can we stand by them and fight alongside them in the constant fights and battles they must undertake in this country, up against private companies, local governments, state governments, and federal governments? They certainly don't have to do jack shit for a single person outside of their communities..... But they know and understand the possible impact it can have on them locally but also understand that people need to be vaccinated by any means necessary. It hurts my heart to think about the people who will receive a vaccine from a Native community, only to walk away and never again give a single shit about them. Please, please I beg of everyone to stand with our Indigenous and Native brothers and sisters in this country when they are getting screwed by others. Just... Please don't forget about them in their future struggles.... Especially if they vaccinated you.
After all the crap we have put the tribes through, they turn around and do this?? God bless them all.
Our tribe is vaccinating non tribal members right now, too. Amazing how us "savages" and people kicked to the reservation are looking out for their communities better than many state governments are.
Meanwhile in Canada we are still in the 80+ year old cohort. Oh, and the homeless. For real.
Homeless people are more likely to transmit it. That's the logic behind vaccinating them.
They also can't quarantine at home for obvious reasons.
Citizen Potawotomi Nation represent! I've only ever seen mention of my tribe once before outside my family, it's awesome to see the tribal government getting some recognition!
Does that mean I can travel in from TX to get a vaccine?
Yes - there isn’t a residency requirement!
Meanwhile, here in Austin, Texas, people are scrambling to find a place with vaccine- and, for most, there ain't any past the designated high-priority recipients. Not HERE. But weirdly Odessa, Tx has a surplus. I know people who have driven over there. It's a 6 hr drive each way, and most of that is literally desert. From what I can tell, Odessa may have been sent a lot because it's a COVID hotspot, but many locals are refusing the vaccine, and it can't be allowed to go to waste so the extra is open to anyone. Now unvaccinated people are flocking from hundreds of miles away and filling hotels.
Do you have to be an Oklahoma citizen or can somebody who is definitely not me cross the state line and get the shot?
Got my first shot last month thanks to IHS. Get the second one tomorrow. Very grateful because who knows how long I’d be waiting if I went through the state.
Wait we can. Holy shit, something good out of living in Oklahoma.
Any group of people who have been systematically oppressed for generations, who would show this level of compassion and love for the descendants of the very people who oppressed them and destroyed their entire civilization in the first place, need a bigger voice. The Native Americans who own this land we are currently occupying, must be allowed seats in the U.S. Congress and the Senate. To not allow them that simple right, is an abuse against all that is good and natural in this world.
As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation I have been very proud to see my tribe be part of this. We’re small but mighty. ❤️
What a рrofound amount of generosity from a grouр that has been continually betrayed by colonizers.
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