Pennsylvania Nurses Vaccinate Amish Door-to-Door as Measles Outbreak Kills 4

1 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Sep 24

Chester County nurses are making home visits across Amish areas to give MMR shots, with 340 of the county’s 538 vaccinations delivered in private settings during the outbreak.
Nearly 4,300 MMR doses have been administered at state pop-up clinics since late April, but low routine vaccination, limited healthcare access and misinformation have kept transmission spreading.
Four people have died from measles complications — two newborns, an 18-year-old and a 40-year-old woman — in what Pennsylvania says is the deadliest US outbreak since 1992.
About 90,000 Amish live in Pennsylvania, and only about a quarter in the Lancaster area are estimated to have had the MMR vaccine, making church-centered social networks especially vulnerable.
The response has also become political: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. questioned at least one infant death, while local officials warn school reopening could accelerate community transmission for 6 to 12 months.