内容摘要：Isaac Mpusia, 16 years old, of the Maasai tribe poses for a photo, during the Enkipaata ceremony, a Maasai male rite of passage, specifically the initiation of boys, marking the transition from childhood to becoming a moran (warrior) in Olaimutiai, Narok County, Kenya Thursday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Isaac Mpusia, 16 years old, of the Maasai tribe poses for a photo, during the Enkipaata ceremony, a Maasai male rite of passage, specifically the initiation of boys, marking the transition from childhood to becoming a moran (warrior) in Olaimutiai, Narok County, Kenya Thursday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

, who has a long record of promoting anti-vaccine views andvaccination a personal choice, is a hero.

“I don’t accept vaccines; it’s that easy. Because that’s where freedom of expression comes in,” said the man, Jacob Goertzen. “If we can’t make out own decisions, we don’t live in a democracy.”Hernández, Cuauhtemoc’s health director, said outside influences affect community vaccine views.“The Mennonite population has a lot of access to social media and family members in the U.S. and Canada, where there are a lot of myths that have taken hold and many more ‘anti-vaccine’ groups than we have in Mexico,” he said.

A tractor works a field belonging to members of the Mennonite community in Cuauhtemoc, Mexico, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Silva Rey)A tractor works a field belonging to members of the Mennonite community in Cuauhtemoc, Mexico, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Silva Rey)

During nurse Aguirre’s vaccination drive, one man simply said people here “prefer to cure themselves in their own way.” A mother described getting sick with measles as a “privilege” and spoke of putting her unvaccinated 5- and 7-year-olds in a party so everyone could get sick and recover — a risky tactic doctors have long denounced.

Mexico’s lone death from measles was a 31-year-old Mennonite man in the settlement who had diabetes and high blood pressure, underlying conditions that often complicate sicknesses.Doug Tallamy, who teaches ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark, urges

to feed and shelter beneficial wildlife like pollinators.“If you can see the ground, you don’t have enough plants, because that’s the weeds’ opportunity.”

Why not take out some lawn and replace it with? Choose groundcovers and plantings that are caterpillar-friendly, Tallamy advised, calling caterpillars key in the local food web.