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Torie Bosch: Last fall, there was a flurry of interest in the Amish and health after President Trump repeated a common claim among vaccine critics: that the Amish don’t vaccinate and don’t get autism. It’s much more complicated than that, though — and it’s far from the only interesting and consequential question about the Amish and public health.
Welcome to the “First Opinion Podcast.” I’m Torie Bosch, editor of First Opinion. First Opinion is STAT’s home for big, bold ideas from health care providers, researchers, patients, and others who have something to say about medicine’s most important and interesting topics. This season, we’re focused on the intersection of medicine and culture.
Today, I’m speaking with Braxton Mitchell and Cory Anderson. Braxton is a professor of medicine and vice chair for research in the division of endocrinology, diabetes, and nutrition at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Cory is a postdoctoral researcher in population health and demography at Penn State University’s Population Research Institute.
