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Collected Item: “Fast Rollout of Virus Vaccine Trials Reveals Tribal Distrust”

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Fast Rollout of Virus Vaccine Trials Reveals Tribal Distrust

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website article

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This article discusses why the Navajo Nation is hesitant to participate in the COVID-19 vaccine trials. Although Navajo leaders approved members to participate in the trial, tribal members have expressed extreme hesitation due to lack of informed consent in past experimental trials or the unethical use of tribal medical samples for other experiments. It is important to include this piece in the JOTPY archive as it documents a COVID-19 example of the distrust tribes have held towards the government since the colonization of their lands over the past several centuries.

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Navajo Nation, distrust, medical trial, vaccine, HST580, Arizona State University

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https://apnews.com/article/us-news-flagstaff-arizona-clinical-trials-coronavirus-pandemic-712d482a83cb49464745fca7f8b93692

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Felicia Fonseca

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2021-01-04
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