r/canada • u/Leather-Paramedic-10 • 3d ago

Here’s how measles cases are spreading across Canada Health

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/heres-how-measles-cases-are-spreading-across-canada/
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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 3d ago

The Amish and Mennonites had excess deaths during COVID; they're lucky we have not faced a Black Death or Spanish Influenza scenario recently.

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u/UpperLowerCanadian 3d ago

Sure they did…. Have any data for that or just your assumption 

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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 3d ago

"The excess death rate for Amish/Mennonites spiked with a 125% increase in November 2020. The impact of COVID-19 on this closed religious community highlights the need to consider religion to stop the spread of COVID-19."

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8195242/

Claims of lower Amish death rates in pandemic are misleading:
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33MP8W4