Tina Siemens
Tina Siemens is a museum curator and a member of the Mennonite community in West Texas, who is translating local health department offers of free vaccines into German to help fellow community members understand vaccination options during a measles outbreak. She has voiced concerns about the negative perceptions directed at her community, highlighting that their vaccination decisions are not based on religious beliefs but rather personal research.
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Recent news mentions
Tina Siemens runs a museum that combines the area’s Native American history and Mennonite community with traditional skills.
‘Not just measles’: Whooping cough cases are soaring as vaccine rates decline
United States· 2025-04-14
Tina Siemens runs a museum charting her people’s centuries-long flight from religious persecution and is translating health department offers into German.
Inside the perfect storm of the deadly measles outbreak in TexasUnited States· 2025-03-06
