Chester County, Pennsylvania.

A measles outbreak next door in Lancaster.

Health officials sent nurses into Amish and rural homes instead of waiting for people to find a clinic.

County numbers: 538 MMR vaccines. 340 given in private settings .. kitchens, living rooms, the house.

Director Jeanne Franklin said they reused the COVID playbook: knock, explain the outbreak, offer the shot on the spot. Nurse Dale Weiser has been driving out, sometimes daily, vaccinating families at the table.

Official line: many have no insurance, little contact with the system, or don’t want neighbours seeing them change their mind.

That’s the news.

The argument is whether a state nurse on the porch is help or pressure.

They can offer the vial.

The household still has to say yes.

Door-to-door in Amish country is not a rumour.

It’s policy with a kitchen chair.


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