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From a nurse in Amish country (Original Post)
pbmus
Sep 23
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Wiz Imp
(7,852 posts)1. That should be obvious to everyone not a member of the MAGA cult
but it's good to hear it directly from a healthcare worker who deals with them anyway.
xmas74
(29,979 posts)2. When i worked in a hospital I saw some of the
Local Amish were vaccinating their children, especially after covid.
They don't vaccinate their kids as general prvention.
Some years ago, ther4 was a measles outbreak that was spreading from community to community. Adults and children alike lined up for the vaccination.
They can be pragmatic when a situation calls for it but yearh, their kids catch everything in those small school houses.
Oppaloopa
(927 posts)4. When I grew up in that area I saw children with encephalic or water head