The local Amish population faces barriers to getting vaccinated for COVID-19 that other groups do not, as Hoosiers generally need to make vaccination appointments online or by phone and clinics are located in towns and cities.
About 26,000 Amish residents live in Elkhart and LaGrange counties, according to the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College. Amish residents comprise RV manufacturing workforce in northern Indiana.
For now, even if members of the Amish community wish to get vaccinated it is not easy, according to Elkhart County Health Officer Dr. Bethany Wait.
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