and aid workers can only access the areas by plane or by snowmobile in fact alaska is currently vaccinating at a faster rate than any other state in the us how is this possible. that. there aren't any doctors in fort yukon but there is deborah mccarthy the health centers director she's responsible for the area's 500 residents who have to forego a lot snow slopes instead of ask felled roads no pubs no restaurants no fast internet this is what normality looks like 8 miles north of the arctic circle.

i think for most people actually life appears pretty small. i mean people work hard you know everybody has to get where they everybody has a close friend everybody does most people have a garden it's a close knit small community i mean it's like we were related to almost everybody it's of course now like that where you know if you're going to live if you went someplace else or in a city or even just a bigger town that is excessive all by road and you know where we're sort of on an island here and everybody is very close. this is one reason why the virus has claimed 4 times as many indigenous lives in alaska computer to urban whites. deborah has a lot on her mind when she goes to the health center every morning namely how to protect people here from the virus as quickly as possible

it's been a few weeks since vaccinations opened up to everyone over the age of 16 much earlier than in most other states same day appointments are available without waiting i'm sure so your arm might be a little bit sore. some people have more soreness than others so i usually just tell people pick the arm that you don't. really need to use today it's ok deborah and her team have already immunized more than half of the village concerned about high death rates the health center received the vaccine from the u.s. government and the indigenous health insurance fund now there of vaccine doses in abundance. it's amazing we have

a couple 100 doses we've pretty much finished after the charter tomorrow we will be finished with the villages and then we just have to finish for u. conn. and we didn't think we would be able to do this tell the summer you know get everybody then. deborah takes us to her home a small wooden house on the outskirts of town people here are content living without much. deborah has already seen much of the world the daughter of a white father and an indigenous mother she lived in germany for several years when her father served in the army but for you cohen has always been her home when the 1st covert cases broke out it was easy for deborah to shield herself from the rest of the world because she lives alone with her son but for most families

quarantining is almost impossible because they live in small homes and the virus spreads rapidly it was pretty scary for everybody it was kind of. a really big unknown you know how bad is it going to get here people were thinking oh my you know the grandmas and grandpas thinking oh if this is going to be like 1918 it's going to wipe out whole villages so that's kind of what everybody was preparing for so of course people were scared the kids were scared we were worried at the clinic you know we don't have ventilators if somebody needs oxygen or c.p.r. what are we going to do there was a lot of preparation going into it. that summation day has arrived the team is making the final preparations before our own trip to live villages nurse kimberly and and is carrying 50 dozes off the modernity exene in her luggage and she hopes that this will bring the state of emergency to an end. one

person gets out here that's you know that's 5 percent of the population almost so that one household pretty much can cause for the whole village to shut down that means nobody hauling water nobody hauling fuel nobody you know you're not leaving your house to go get stuff that you made ok going things down tonight 20 minutes will be 5 minutes the flights are expensive and time consuming so the team tries to vaccinate as many people as possible on a single trip the aid workers who come today won't return for 4 more weeks. this is another reason why even with many villages situated in the middle of the wilderness alaska is the fastest state when it comes to vaccinating residents in the u.s. they are approaching vina tie on the banks of the yukon there's hardly any infrastructure no cell phone network and supermarket and most importantly no road access.

the yukon is the lifeline for villages in the arctic in the summer it provides salmon upon which many residents here depend in the winter it resembles an ice desert. a snow slope services landing strip. there are 2 cars in the village and one of them is the ambulance. in the winter of the snowmobile is the most important means of transportation it's just a short drive up to the health center.

food fuel clothes everything has to be flown in here today if the vaccines turn to be born. 20 villagers are already waiting inside word has spread about how dangerous the virus is here too so no one in being a time needs to be convinced about being vaccinated. right. did you guys read the. brochure thing about whether or not ok you know you're going to get some side effects.

or for. whatever. i'm going to have if. you. we've been anticipating to get our 1st son and we are so happy to finally get it and we thought it's going to you know hurt but not know. if there were then the vaccination marks the end of a long period of isolation finally meeting friends again finally partying again. they are. ok after the shot a sticker and some warm words. you know congratulations lady. but. florence are all birds is next like most of the village back he belongs to the indigenous which in tribes ok if you read the information sheet for many years he's

relied on his strong constitution but in time of the pandemic he wants to play it safe after all there aren't any doctors or ventilators in vina thai either you are done i'll see you in 4 weeks. so it is pretty important i mean. if you are from were illegally. here you would have to get sick or you know if it will prevent possible is asian that's good to know. warren's takes us to his home. we use his quad bike to get to the edge of the forest of the 200 person village. there are no roads here during winter you drive on a snow slope and in summer on a meadow. he lives alone in a locked cabin with his son for the past year he hasn't been allowed to leave the

village the tribal government imposed strict rules to protect the community from the virus lawrence roberts says that the modern lifestyle is what makes people so vulnerable to the pandemic. we don't have no car off site contact and we're always doing is just basically travelling with ballparks and that here and there and a cramp oh shoot move or something that's where we settle down for a month. you know and try to meet this is what it is and it. took me when i listen to your i didn't come out here to the over 1010 years for. it was much healthier lifestyle you know that i knew that i experience never get 2nd in your army with you know it all. back and forth you can the village has come together at the traditional spring carnival for the 1st time since the pandemic began there hasn't been a cold case here for 2 months. the

coronation of the princess is one of the year's highlights. up until recently deborah may card you would not have expected to see this much normality even though sled dogs are racing again this year. i feel very fortunate i mean we hear about other places that don't even have all of their health care providers vaccinated yet and we were all vaccinated and in december for the most part i think the majority of us and everybody here and in the other villages feel like it's the beginning of that and. by summer life in the rest of the us will be a secure free as it is in the villages in alaska arctic circle. in

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