Dave Attell once made a joke about the Amish, saying "you know why I love to make fun of them, cos they'll never find out!"...well, this week we get one more reason to talk about the sect and question their reasoning...it seems that they've never condoned vaccinating their children against basic diseases. Outbreaks of preventable diseases such as polio, measles, rubella, and pertussis have all appeared within the Amish community in recent years. In North America, the population of Amish have virtually no vaccination coverage against such afflictions. The risks of contracting a disease like polio are almost extinct within the US, but if you're not vaccinated, well, that's another story entirely...
Now the Amish are paying the price, as polio has reared it's ugly head amongst their devoutly conservative community. Five cases have been discovered and so, the debate amongst it's elders has arisen again as to whether or not the vaccinations should exist at all. I'd like to know how it was concluded in the first place that in administering vaccinations it was somehow deemed immoral or blasphemous. Is it that unreasonable to want to help children grow up free of disease?
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