COVID-19.North Cowichan Mayor Al Siebring took to Facebook Sunday to call out some community members’ response to a COVID outbreak at the Cowichan Tribes First Nation.
First COVID-19 cases detected on Musqueam reserve The nation issued a shelter in place order on Wednesday, and said as of Friday it had identified 39 cases in 19 households since the first case cropped up Jan.
1.Siebring said that information had translated into outwardly racist online posts and an “us/them mentality.”“I’m angry today.
Very angry,” he wrote.According to Siebring, some in the community have called for off-reserve businesses to fire any Cowichan Tribes members.“That folks, is racism.