COVID-19 statistics don’t reflect the reality for Indigenous people living in Canadian cities – The Star
By now, we know quite a few things about the relationship between COVID-19 and vulnerable people in our midst.
We know it spreads insidiously in crowded homes, in low-income neighbourhoods and among people with underlying conditions. Poverty, precarious housing, multi-generational households and poor health are the breeding grounds for the virus.
So the quiet back-patting that’s been going on among government officials for the slow spread of COVID-19 to Indigenous communities is jarring to Dr. Janet Smylie.
