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Before I wrap up for the day: I hope my tweets have highlighted not just the massive impact of #COVID19 on Indigenous communities, but the need for more #nativeepi professionals in the field. #TaliaTwitterTakeover #epitwitter
I finished my PhD in 2017 (Yay me! Thanks @JohnsHopkinsSPH/@JohnsHopkinsEPI/@JHIDDynamics!) We all know that deserves its own tweet. Below is me walking to receive my diploma.
That year, I was the only Native American in the United States to get a PhD in epidemiology. If you look at the past decade, you’ll see that’s the rule, not the exception. (If you’re one of the others, please say hi and help me get #nativeepi going!) 
In addition to protecting the health of their people, there is a lot of cultural and language knowledge at risk of being lost. I think it's important to highlight some examples of how different tribes are fighting #COVID19 #TaliaTwitterTakeover #nativeepi
Many Indigenous Elders are the only remaining fluent speakers of their language, and protectors of religious and cultural/medicinal knowledge and practices. Losing Elders to #COVID19 has a lot of cultural implications! economist.com/united-states/…
Early testing implementation by the Lummi have helped to keep their cases low -- even now, they have experienced a relatively low number of cases despite Washington state having one of the earliest U.S. outbreaks
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Of course, the U.S. isn’t the only place where COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on Indigenous communities. Throughout Latin America, and especially in Brazil, the coronavirus is literally an existential threat to some tribes. #TaliaTwitterTakeover #Nativeepi
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Like Indigenous communities in the U.S., Indigenous leaders and members are developing new approaches to track #COVID19 spread in their communities including the uptake of dashboards to monitor and track cases
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It's encouraging to see other international organizations like @pahowho partnering with Indigenous organizations and communities to address these challenges
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To get public data for individual tribes, journalists like @jourdanbb have cold-called tribal leaders and health practitioners from different tribal communities. I and others have also scraped data from PDFs posted on Facebook. #TaliaTwitterTakeover #Nativeepi
Side note: Facebook can be an easier/faster way to disseminate information to tribal members. More people have cellphones to access the app for their communities' #COVID19 information. This is really useful when internet access within the home is limited or unavailable.
As epis, we know data is everything. Lack of data on #COVID19 in Indigenous communities is a huge challenge. The Indian Health Service provides data by service region but some regions cover so much area it's hard to know which tribes are impacted. #TaliaTwitterTakeover #nativeepi
Some states are reporting case/death data by race, but it's inconsistent. Even then, Native Americans can sometimes be categorized as "Other", leading to data exclusion/erasure. See map below + more here: abcnews.go.com/Politics/state…
Plus, Indigenous people are not a monolith. It's important to understand how, where, and when #COVID19 is affecting different communities in order to tailor responses to the specific circumstances and cultural contexts of each tribe. #nativeepi
There are so many factors behind why Indigenous communities are being battered by #COVID19. One is certainly lack of access: to water and sanitation, electricity, etc. #TaliaTwitterTakeover #epitwitter #nativeepi azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
Access to water has big implications for hand-washing, which of course is one of the main interventions to reduce #COVID19 risk and spread, especially if you're rationing and have to think about how much water you can spare to wash your hands for as long as is recommended.
Plus, if households don't have running water, you have to out to get your water, adding an additional risk of #COVID19 exposure to access a basic necessity. These broader issues of access and inequality build on each other.
I’ve been tracking/mapping #COVID19 cases in the Indian Health systems since early April after coming across data gathered by @IndianCountryToday. Here’s what that looked like on April 2: 300+ cases. #TaliaTwitterTakeover #NativeEPI
Here’s what the map looks like today. (Interactive version here: bit.ly/indiancountryc…) It’s worth reflecting on the fact that this is a staggering burden on groups that are already so underserved. #epitwitter #nativeepi
It's difficult to publicly track cases by individual tribes (more on that later!) According to the Indian Health Service, which tracks cases by service region, there are 27,000+ cases reported from IHS, tribal, and urban Indian organization facilities as of July 20, 2020
Hi! I’m Dr. Talia Quandelacy. I’m excited to take over @societyforepi’s twitter today to talk about #COVID19's impact on Indigenous communities. I hope you’ll follow along, and follow me @NMRelleno for more research/ memes! #epitwitter #nativeepi #TaliaTwitterTakeover
A bit about me: I’m an ID epidemiologist studying influenza, other respiratory viruses (incl. coronavirus), and vector-borne diseases (e.g., dengue, Zika). I’m an incoming Asst. Prof. at @ColoradoSPH + a grad of @JohnsHopkinsSPH, @HarvardHSPH, @EmoryRollins, @TuftsUniversity
I'm also a proud New Mexican! And I'm Native American from the Zuni and Laguna Pueblos and Choctaw Nation. Here's photo of Zuni!
Six months into the pandemic, data on #COVID19 cases in #Indigenous communities remains scarce. As an infectious disease epidemiologist, and as Native American, I find this distressing. Here’s what I’ve recently gleaned from publicly available (but hard to find) data.
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There are 12 tribes with at least 50 COVID-19 cases reported as of June 18. Navajo Nation has by far the highest total, but there are serious outbreaks in many other tribal communities. Some of these tribes are incredibly small; even 50 cases can greatly affect their population.
Beyond Navajo Nation, which has been extensively reported on, other tribes are experiencing a recent surge in cases over the past month, particularly the White Mountain Apache and Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
