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Oblivian:
I didn't know what to make of this yesterday.
Seem to recall the far north had open walk-ins and invites quite early on in the stage in the fear they would be decimated by a breakout. To the point where they locked out other regions visiting to make use of the offers. There has been jabs offered at numerous Marae and private entities since?.
And there was also the big educational push at pacific/maori churches and organizations to come forward.
Surely if the numbers aren't stacking up, it's far likely the people not taking advantage after the marketing and attempts than exclusion. Think they should be surveying population rather than asking for the confirmed jab rates to prove the point?.
When I see a headline like that I don't generally don't bother reading the article. It's usually about someone who is pushing the victim barrow.
I tend to agree with your comment about people not taking up the opportunity to have the vaccination rather than not being offered the vaccination.
The roll out has had "racist" and privileged elements in some areas but not in the way that article claims. There is a local vaccine centre set up at a Maori health centre specifically for the Maori population* while there hasn't been an equivalent centre for other ethnicities. That is "racist" and privilege in my opinion. I don't have a problem with it, we have to use whatever means we can to protect all of our population.
*I understand that while it is targeted at Maori they will vaccinate anyone.
