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COVID-19 Has Hit The Amish Community Hard. Still, Vaccines Are A Tough Sell By Anna Huntsman  April 28, 2021 The Amish communities of northeast Ohio engage in textbook communal living. Families eat, work and go to church together, and through the pandemic, mask-wearing and social distancing have been spotty. As a result, these communities have experienced some of the state’s highest rates of infection and deaths. Nevertheless, health officials are struggling to get residents vaccinated. Holm...

Ohio’s Amish suffered a lot from Covid, but vaccines are still a hard sell The Amish communities of northeastern Ohio engage in textbook communal living. Families eat, work and go to church together, and through the pandemic, mask-wearing and physical distancing have been spotty. That has meant that these communities bore a high rate of infection and death. Despite this, health officials are struggling to encourage residents to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Holmes County, where half the po...

Wednesday, April 28, 2021 by Anna Huntsman (NPR) Play Audio Holmes County health department staff members (from left) Michael Derr, Jennifer Talkington and Abbie Benton prepare materials for a COVID-19 vaccine clinic inside St. Peters Catholic Church in Millersburg, Ohio, on April 8. The Amish communities of northeast Ohio engage in textbook communal living. Families eat, work and go to church together, and through the pandemic, mask wearing and social distancing have been spotty. That has...

Gov. Mike DeWine, lawmakers look to police reform bill: Capitol Letter Rotunda Rumblings Police action: In the wake of Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction and the Columbus police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant, Republican state lawmakers (with Gov. Mike DeWine’s support) are preparing to introduce a police-reform bill that would create a police licensing board, increase training requirements, require independent investigations of police shootings, and set up state use-of-force and d...

Listen • 4:08 Ohio’s idyllic Amish country, which includes several northeast Ohio counties, looks like a snapshot from the past. Cars navigate around buggies traveling on the winding roads while large billboards lure tourists with homemade cheeses and expertly sewn quilts. But many in this community are resistant to modern medical interventions and are also hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine, even as the pandemic has sickened and killed local residents. Holmes Cou...