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Jose Garcia

(3,321 posts) Wed May 8, 2019, 02:05 PM May 2019

Kentucky teen who sued over school ban for refusing chickenpox vaccination now has chickenpox [View all]

Source: NBC News

A northern Kentucky teenager banned from school for refusing the chickenpox vaccination due to his religious beliefs has come down with the childhood malady, his attorney said Wednesday.

Jerome Kunkel, a student at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Assumption Academy, first started showing chickenpox symptoms last week and hopes to have recovered by next week, a lawyer for the 18-year-old told NBC News.

Kunkel and his family have no regrets about their decision to not be vaccinated.

"These are deeply held religious beliefs, they're sincerely held beliefs," family attorney Christopher Wiest said. "From their perspective, they always recognized they were running the risk of getting it, and they were OK with it."

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1003271

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Kentucky teen who sued over school ban for refusing chickenpox vaccination now has chickenpox [View all] Jose Garcia May 2019 OP

Thoughts & prayers. n/t Drum May 2019 #1

It was God's will FakeNoose May 2019 #33

Exactly WHAT religious objection are they claiming ? Haggis for Breakfast May 2019 #68

Not even going to think or pray. TNNurse May 2019 #39

LOL! NurseJackie May 2019 #55

Since he didn't believe in the vaccination to prevent it Quackers May 2019 #2

Are they as willing to get polio, too ? Haggis for Breakfast May 2019 #67

Having Chicken pox is a terrible experience kimbutgar May 2019 #3

The Calamine Lotion industry must be making millions this chicken pox season Submariner May 2019 #10

And the older you get them the worse it is TexasBushwhacker May 2019 #52

I had them after my boyfriend got them. BigmanPigman May 2019 #56

Religious Freedom Aside, When is it Okay to Infect Others Because of Your Religious Beliefs? dlk May 2019 #4

According to the Xtian-Taliban it's their right to force their religion on you anytime all the time bitterross May 2019 #31

Another Version of Fascism Wrapped in a Shroud of Religion dlk May 2019 #32

Exactly!!! And as you say, IMO, much of religion is "Fascism Wrapped in a Shroud of Religion." RKP5637 May 2019 #50

Religious freedom? ... keithbvadu2 May 2019 #46

My mom always said, trixie2 May 2019 #58

May the shingles be with him LiberalArkie May 2019 #5

Yep, Shingles are a lot of fun. I wonder if he wants Polio too? n/t RKP5637 May 2019 #8

I had... mbusby May 2019 #37

Same here. Thankfully, I never got polio. Chicken pox for me was horrible, and then later in RKP5637 May 2019 #49

LOL! Thread winner! skylucy May 2019 #54

This is assuming leftieNanner May 2019 #6

There will be lasting consequences Hav May 2019 #18

You are so right leftieNanner May 2019 #21

Similar story zipplewrath May 2019 #24

Cold sores. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #42

Acyclovir zipplewrath May 2019 #44

Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #57

L-Lysine is so effective against cold sores, dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #62

what's the "religious" objection to vaccines? unblock May 2019 #7

Pray it away, I guess. Damn brainwashed backward fools. I'm so F'en fed up with this crap, my RKP5637 May 2019 #12

The article says..... Gregory Peccary May 2019 #14

i'm sure the souls of those aborted fetuses are rejoicing in heaven at the thought unblock May 2019 #26

without baptisms the fetus' would end up in purgatory uriel1972 May 2019 #64

I'm betting that's bullsh@t Buzz cook May 2019 #41

Some may agree with me, others may not. Cold War Spook May 2019 #53

That reminds me of the story my Grandmother used to tell Fozzledick May 2019 #60

From the linked article... TreasonousBastard May 2019 #15

They claim that God created everything. Dave Starsky May 2019 #20

Cmon now Gregory Peccary May 2019 #23

Indeed. That is, if you consider life-threatening diseases... Dave Starsky May 2019 #25

Good question LiberalLovinLug May 2019 #28

See? He was right. He didn't need no fuckin' vacine. He now has the same level of immunity he woulda 3Hotdogs May 2019 #9

and now he can contemplate the shingles vaccine. mopinko May 2019 #19

And if Jesus thought vaccines were a good idea, the Apostiles would'a been vaccinated. 3Hotdogs May 2019 #45

And itching and painful pustules on his balls! Dave Starsky May 2019 #22

Chik-fil-a-pox Mendocino May 2019 #11

good ole' Walton Kentucky, yeehaw! Located in-between the towns of Beaverlick and Grants Lick. Gregory Peccary May 2019 #13

Nope, nope nope. I'm NOT gonna say it. TreasonousBastard May 2019 #16

A pox on anti-vaxers, I say. Anti-Vax is a Putin plot. lagomorph777 May 2019 #17

good.. i hope it sterlizes him nini May 2019 #27

It's mumps that can sterlize a male. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #43

I knew that really nini May 2019 #47

I'll let the great Nelson Muntz give the response Jake Stern May 2019 #29

If this teen infects others too young or immunocompromised to get the vaccine, I would sue. Freethinker65 May 2019 #30

well, he is 18 so... lapfog_1 May 2019 #34

His chickenpox lawyer? progressoid May 2019 #35

Let me get my Planck-scale violin for him sakabatou May 2019 #36

Maybe he'll become sterile ... GeorgeGist May 2019 #38

Let's hope he is smart enough to get his shingles vax when he's older jpak May 2019 #40

Expose him to pornography? keithbvadu2 May 2019 #48

He's 18 years old. He's been exposed to pornography. Dave Starsky May 2019 #61

No, No! Of course not. He is too faithful to look at porn and protected by his parents. keithbvadu2 May 2019 #65

As Jeff Goldblum says in Jurassic Park... Dave Starsky May 2019 #69

Enjoy shingles in a few years, dumbass! The Genealogist May 2019 #51

I laughed out loud!!! Coventina May 2019 #59

File this under "D'oh!!!!" Initech May 2019 #63

Karma for the win. tclambert May 2019 #66

The Catholic church does not oppose vaccinations Danmel May 2019 #70