‘It’s clear they are under-vaccinated’: Amish under spotlight amid Pennsylvania measles outbreak

As Josh Shapiro, the governor, mounts outreach program, members say ‘you don’t get to change anybody’s mind’ Making hay was more than a figure of speech last week at the New Holland auction house in Pennsylvania last week, where a ton of top quality hay bales were going for upwards of $400, up about 20% from last year. For members of the Lancaster settlement, a term used to describe the Amish population that settled here in 1760, the price of hay was only part of the discussion: the price of horses, donkeys and milk were also topics of conversation and, as it has been for year or more, a potentially deadly outbreak of measles. Continue reading...

Edward Helmore in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania · Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 5:00 AM
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‘It’s clear they are under-vaccinated’: Amish under spotlight amid Pennsylvania measles outbreak

As Josh Shapiro, the governor, mounts outreach program, members say ‘you don’t get to change anybody’s mind’

Making hay was more than a figure of speech last week at the New Holland auction house in Pennsylvania last week, where a ton of top quality hay bales were going for upwards of $400, up about 20% from last year.

For members of the Lancaster settlement, a term used to describe the Amish population that settled here in 1760, the price of hay was only part of the discussion: the price of horses, donkeys and milk were also topics of conversation and, as it has been for year or more, a potentially deadly outbreak of measles.

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