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From a nurse in Amish country (Original Post) pbmus Sep 2025 OP
That should be obvious to everyone not a member of the MAGA cult Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #1
When i worked in a hospital I saw some of the xmas74 Sep 2025 #2
Yes an no Warpy Sep 2025 #3
When I grew up in that area I saw children with encephalic or water head Oppaloopa Sep 2025 #4

Wiz Imp

(10,422 posts)
1. That should be obvious to everyone not a member of the MAGA cult
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:19 PM
Sep 2025

but it's good to hear it directly from a healthcare worker who deals with them anyway.

xmas74

(30,096 posts)
2. When i worked in a hospital I saw some of the
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:40 PM
Sep 2025

Local Amish were vaccinating their children, especially after covid.

Warpy

(114,671 posts)
3. Yes an no
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 12:13 AM
Sep 2025

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.

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