ArticleJournal of religion and health2021
Closed but Not Protected: Excess Deaths Among the Amish and Mennonites During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Article in Journal of religion and health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.
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- "The Graves Cannot Be Dug Fast Enough": Excess Deaths Among US Amish and Mennonites During the 1918 Flu Pandemic.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- Pathways to Immunity: Patterns of Excess Death Across the United States and Within Closed Religious Communities.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Metapopulation dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a small-scale Amazonian society.PLoS biology · 2023Article
- The Role of Religions in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Rituals of Contagion in Closed Religious Communities: A Case Study of Amish and Mennonite Communities in the USA During the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of religion and health · 2022Article
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Abstract
"Excess deaths" is a means to estimate the lethality of COVID-19 (directly and indirectly). Assessing "excess death" in closed religious communities provides information on how COVID-19 impacted these communities. We use obituary information published in an Amish/Mennonite newspaper to examine excess death among the Amish/Mennonites in 2020. Our results indicate the Amish/Mennonite excess death rates are similar to the national trends in the USA. 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.
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