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Amish Covid (Fast Herd Immunity)
Sott.net ^ | October 10,2021 | Staff

Posted on 10/13/2021 3:29:24 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion

When it comes to actions taken to address the Covid-19 threat, hindsight is still very much underway. For your consideration: a story and outcome you probably aren't hearing much about anywhere else. It takes place in the heart of Amish country.

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: thousands of families lead lives largely separate from modern America.

The Amish are a Christian group that emphasizes the virtuous over the superficial. They don't usually drive, use electricity, or have TVs. And during the Covid-19 outbreak, they became subjects in a massive social and medical experiment.

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My summary: The amish community in Lancaster County PA took a different path to herd immunity and achieved it faster than anywhere else I've seen.

No vaxxes - or at least extremely rare.

This interview explains their thought process and what happened.

I also heard this same story from my doctor here in PA that treats the Amish community.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: amish; covid; herdimmunity; vaxx
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To: Alberta's Child

I don’t think they read the news paper either


21 posted on 10/13/2021 5:00:55 PM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said thein story was false!)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Local Mennonite are similar and very few have gotten really ill. I get to peek into their world on occasion. Pretty awesome.

Local jw’s are not doing as well and most of them have been jabbed....go figure. I get a peek on occasion as well..sad.


22 posted on 10/13/2021 5:19:06 PM PDT by waterhill (I would rather Texas had not joined the Union. )
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To: BenLurkin
"they don't shave"

Sorry, I don't understand of which you speak.

Please explain more completely.

23 posted on 10/13/2021 5:20:34 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Oh, I thought it was the other Amish tribe. The darker ones.


24 posted on 10/13/2021 5:32:41 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: Alberta's Child

The Amish are immune from the effects of COVID because they don’t watch TV.
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That and the fact they use unpasteurized milk and drink it regularly....


25 posted on 10/13/2021 5:39:04 PM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Very interesting to read how they developed herd immunity. We were in Lancaster Sunday & Monday to go to Sight & Sound. We saw many Amish families going home from church in their horse & buggies.


26 posted on 10/13/2021 5:53:53 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta ( )
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To: Secret Agent Man

They don’t take the long view concerning children and education, either.


27 posted on 10/13/2021 5:55:26 PM PDT by browniexyz
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To: aMorePerfectUnion; metmom
The Amish are a Christian group that emphasizes the virtuous over the superficial.

The Amish are a cult! They are not Christian, at least as I understand the term.

28 posted on 10/13/2021 6:03:09 PM PDT by sauropod
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To: browniexyz

And what is the “Long View” in your mind?


29 posted on 10/13/2021 6:09:40 PM PDT by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: sauropod
ROTFLOL!!!

You have no idea......................

30 posted on 10/13/2021 6:10:35 PM PDT by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: madison10

We had a choice. 700,000 dead in a couple of months (spring of 2020) or spread it out over a year and half? We chose the latter. If we went with former, Trump would get all the blame although the result would be the same anyway. Biden was going to be President no matter what.


31 posted on 10/13/2021 6:14:52 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Every Amish person I have met is either a “Lapp” or a “Stoltzfus”.


32 posted on 10/13/2021 6:17:39 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: billorites

She’s a lesbian.


33 posted on 10/13/2021 6:18:23 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Osage Orange

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgY1SVXiBrU


34 posted on 10/13/2021 6:21:36 PM PDT by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: Osage Orange

Oh, but I do!


35 posted on 10/13/2021 6:36:38 PM PDT by sauropod
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To: sauropod

No you do not.................


36 posted on 10/13/2021 8:22:51 PM PDT by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: heavy metal

It’s frustrating but I imagine where ever the ‘refugees’ and illegals go, they’re going to run into the same vax’d only signs the rest of us see - including at some mosques.

I don’t think covid is a scam - out of 92K new cases yesterday, the math is clear. The good news is, the mortality rate has dropped from 20% to 3% to 1.6%.

which means, those protected with a vaccine, or who have those good antibodies from a previous serious covid infection, and those who have access to monoclonals, shouldn’t be too concerned.


37 posted on 10/13/2021 8:33:40 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: Osage Orange

Really?

Do you know in what area of the country I live?


38 posted on 10/13/2021 8:37:04 PM PDT by sauropod
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To: sauropod
Have no idea. Nor do I care much...

Should I care?

39 posted on 10/13/2021 8:58:12 PM PDT by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: Osage Orange

You’re the one making the accusation.

I know what I am talking about. And, I know my Bible.


40 posted on 10/13/2021 9:02:58 PM PDT by sauropod
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