I'm smarter then a doctor!

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/us-attack-on-tuberculosis-a-success-story-96275668.html

"
What helps explain those differences?Dr. Anne Fanning
said there is no clear way to explain those differences. However, she
said American Indians generally have better education, income and life
expectancies than aboriginals in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. She
also said the United States does a good job of treating latent TB
infections, so patients don't go on to develop full-blown tuberculosis."
sheesh... its actually fairly simple. Most American reserves are not nearly as remote as Canadian reserves.
hell the article itself states as much
"TB cases have become extremely rare, but Jereb said cases and outbreaks
still occur. Natives in remote Alaskan villages still have the highest
number of annual cases, Jereb said, in part due to geography and crowded
housing."

what a fluffed up piece of socialist garbage that article is.

It so is the remoteness that drives most problems on Canadian reserves.

That and very stubborn chiefs...

Even if you took the stubborn chiefs out of it. The remoteness is "devastating" to the attempt at them to live in "current" society.

Build a school.. At 10 times the cost
put in electricity... only a diesel generator will do... diesel leaks all over the place.
get teachers/nurses/doctors in... for long periods at a very high expense.


Jobs... well thats nigh impossible. How do you take anything to a place so remote? Manufacturing is out. Remote tech jobs are an option.. but without the eduction it ends up not working. Call centre? Possibly could have worked. But now even ones in larger centres are closing. not much that can be "shipped" up there to do.

Mind you....government call centres/processing centres and the like are a possibility. But that would take effort on the part of a chief and council to lobby for jobs.

The differences are huge between US and Canadian Natives , not only in remoteness but in money and funding . Not all reserves are remote here either look on a map to see that . Remember we put them there it was not of their chose as to location in most cases .

never said it was their "fault" that the reserves are where they are.

And if you look at the actual infection rates they are far far greater the more remote the reserve.

Yes they are .