Hutterite colonies across Western Canada have become the epicentre of recent COVID-19 outbreaks, a development that has many members of these communities feeling targeted.
Authorities have told the public not to discriminate against or stigmatize members of these communities simply because of the new rise in COVID-19 cases.Saskatchewan’s Arm River Colony, which operates a large poultry operation, saysabout 20 per cent, despite the fact that they have zero COVID-19 cases within their community.
Arthur Shafer, an ethicist who teaches philosophy at the University of Manitoba, says that authorities need to be transparent about COVID-19 data. However, after members of Hutterite communities raised their concerns about discrimination, officials announced that a change is coming to Manitoba regarding this public sharing of data.
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