March 2020. World shut down. Amish didn't. They didn't get the memo (literally — no TV, no internet, no push notifications).
Sunday service: 200 people in one room. No masks. Like 300 years before. Church didn't close (no church building — houses. Can't close a house). Market works (food needs selling). Construction continues (barns don't wait).
Result
Covid swept through Amish communities fast. 80-90% infected by summer 2020 (estimate — few tested). Mortality: little data, but elderly died. Community buried. Prayed. Didn't discuss.
Vaccine
Amish vaccination: under 5% (one of lowest in US). Reasons: government distrust, 'God protects,' natural immunity (already had it). Result by 2022: herd immunity (through disease, not vaccine). Right? Wrong? Amish don't ask the world's opinion. World doesn't ask the Amish.