At war with the Amish: The assault on one of America’s healthiest communities

Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 2, 2026 In 2019, New York repealed non-medical (religious and philosophical) exemptions for school vaccinations. Three small, one-room Amish schools upstate (Dygert Road, Pleasant View/Twin Mountain, and Shady Lane) and their surrounding families have refused to comply, arguing that mandatory vaccinations violate their deeply held religious beliefs and separation from the […]