Neither could immediately be reached for comment late Monday, and it was not clear whether they have attorneys. Pfizer, partnering with BioNTech, and Moderna have created promising vaccines that scientists hope will lead to more medical breakthroughs using mRNA. AD“It’s clear to me that because we are a predominantly Indigenous community, that they assumed we were naive,” Chief Angela Demit said. Many people who work in rural Yukon come from other parts of Canada, so proof of residency hasn’t been required at traveling vaccination clinics, Yukon Community Services Minister John Streicker told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. ADThough the Bakers were charged with violating quarantine protocols, it wasn’t immediately clear they could face additional consequences for getting vaccines that were intended for rural Yukon residents.

Source: Washington Post January 26, 2021 09:23 UTC