Submitted:
20 November 2020
Posted:
22 November 2020
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Preprints on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2
Abstract
There has been very widespread contagion of covid-19 in Kichwa indigenous communities in Ecuadorian Amazonia, but the peak of contagion has already passed, and total mortality has been remarkably low. The Kichwa people themselves typically attribute this to the widespread use of medicinal plants.
Keywords:
Covid-19
; indigenous people
; Amazon
; medicinal plants
; vulnerability
; resilience
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