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Like so many people in Louisiana, Tyler Duplantis was hesitant to get a Covid-19 vaccine.

The 26-year-old witnessed the virus tear through his Native American tribe, the United Houma Nation, last year. But when the vaccine became available to him, he was skeptical for several reasons.