Dems Declare WAR on the Amish Over Vaccines! (Jimmy Dore)

A legal battle has arisen involving Amish families in New York whose religious objections to school vaccination requirements have led to substantial fines against three small Amish schools, with penalties that could amount to $118,000 per day for 59 unvaccinated students. The state eliminated its religious vaccine exemption in 2019 following measles outbreaks, and the Second Circuit ruled against the Amish families in June 2026, prompting them to seek Supreme Court review and raising concerns that some families may have to leave New York rather than abandon their religious practices.

Jimmy Dore Show’s own Mischa Paullin and Chris Keene frame the dispute as a conflict over religious liberty, parental choice, bodily autonomy, and government authority, while questioning why Amish schools face financial penalties when other unvaccinated students may instead be excluded from public schools. They also discuss attorney Aaron Siri’s claims about the health of unvaccinated Amish children, criticize pharmaceutical industry influence, and argue that the case highlights wider disagreements over vaccine policy.



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, October 28, 2026.]