Amish, Mennonite Communities in Pennsylvania May Have Reached Herd Immunity: Medical Center

Amish, Mennonite Communities in Pennsylvania May Have Reached Herd Immunity: Medical Center
An Amish buggy makes its way down the road in the town of Nickel Mines, Pa., in a file photo. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images
Isabel van Brugen
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Amish and Mennonite communities in a Pennsylvania county may have reached immunity for the CCP virus, according to a local health official.

Allen Hoover, an administrator at the Parochial Medical Center in the heart of the Amish community in Lancaster County’s New Holland Borough, said he believes as many as 9 in 10 households in the local Amish and Mennonite communities have had at least one family member contract the CCP virus, which causes COVID-19.
Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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