Health care providers reach out to Amish, Plain communities to encourage vaccination

Health care providers reach out to Amish, Plain communities to encourage vaccination
WGAL News 8 coronavirus coverage
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Updated: 7:26 AM EDT May 16, 2021
WGAL News 8 coronavirus coverage
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Updated: 7:26 AM EDT May 16, 2021
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TO THIS COMMUNITY. SUSAN: AMISH AND PLAIN PEOPLE NUMBER ABOUT 25,000 IN LANCASTER COUNTY. HEALTH PROVIDERS ARE HOPING MANY OF THEM WILL STEP UP AND GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE, BUT IT COULD BE A CHALLENGE. >> WE FOUND IN GENERAL THE PLA COMMUNITIES ARE LESS LIKELY, A LITTLE BIT MORE HESITANT TO THINK ABOUT PREVENTION, LESS LIKELY TO GET ANY TYPE OF VACCINE. SUSAN: LGH IS NOW HOLDING VACCINATION CLINICS AT THE FULTON FIRE COMPANY IN PEACH BOTTOM AND AT A SITE IN PARADISE, AREAS WITH LARGE AMISH POPULATIONS. THAT WASN’T LOST ON JANE KEY GOT HER SHOT HERE. SHE >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS WHY THEY PUT IT IN THE OUTSKIRTS. THERE ARE A LOT OF AMISH AROUND HERE. SUSAN: JASON HASH GOT HIS SHOT HERE AND HOPES HIS AMISH NEIGHBORS DO THE SAME. >> HOPEFULLY, THEY WILL COME. I DON’T HAVE ANY IDEA IF THEY WILL OR NOT. BUT HOPEFULLY. SUSAN: HEALTH PROVIDERS HAVE ALSO PLACED ADS IN THE BUSY BEAVER THE PUBLICATION CATERS TO THE AMISH AND PLAIN COMMUNITIES. THE AD ANSWERS SOME COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VACCINE, WITH THE GOAL TO PROVIDE FACT-BASED INFORMATION. PROVIDERS DON’T KEEP TRACK OF ANYONE’S RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION, BUT ALICE YODER SAYS WHEN AMISH AND OTHER PLAIN PEOPLE WANT THE

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