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Editor, Senior Moderator
A national study of the effectiveness of the H1N1 vaccine on Canadian aboriginals suggests the claim that native peoples more easily contract the virus because of inferior immunity is false.
A disproportionate number of aboriginals were diagnosed with H1N1 compared to the rest of the Canadian population during the first wave of so-called swine flu that hit in the spring of 2009.
The Assembly of First Nations said in July 2009 that Manitoba statistics pegged the infection level among provincial First Nations at more than 20 times the rate among the overall population, 135 per 100,000 people versus 6.1 cases per 100,000.
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http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/11/11/man-h1n1-swine-flu-study.html
A disproportionate number of aboriginals were diagnosed with H1N1 compared to the rest of the Canadian population during the first wave of so-called swine flu that hit in the spring of 2009.
The Assembly of First Nations said in July 2009 that Manitoba statistics pegged the infection level among provincial First Nations at more than 20 times the rate among the overall population, 135 per 100,000 people versus 6.1 cases per 100,000.
...
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/11/11/man-h1n1-swine-flu-study.html