Jerome Kunkel, 18, with his father, Bill Kunkel. Their family is suing the Northern Kentucky Health Department claiming officials violated Jerome's first amendment rights when it banned him from school and extracurricular activities because he has not been vaccinated for the chickenpox.
The family first explored legal recourse in February, when the health department announced restrictions on extracurricular events at the school, including the sports Jerome played, citing a high risk of exposure. About two dozen other students have joined in the lawsuit since it was filed, many of whom also became infected with chickenpox in the past two months and have religious exemptions against vaccinations, Wiest said.
Jerome’s father, Bill Kunkle, said he thinks his son was exposed to chickenpox in early April, when his infected cousins visited the home. Kunkel previously told The Post that he’d immunized his three other children before learning some vaccines were created using the cells of legally aborted fetuses.
In a Wednesday statement, the Northern Kentucky Health Department said Wiest’s encouragement for his clients to “actively” contract the disease to achieve immunity is “deeply concerning” and bad medical advice. The Centers for Disease Control notes that even children who appear healthy could face dire consequences from chickenpox exposure, as there’s no way to predict the severity of their symptoms.
He put everyone else at risk.. this is a good thing? ... This is the liberals mentality here,.. they only care of themselves.. this is the problem we have with a Democratic government.Democrats don't care about facts.. liberals don't care about facts.. do you see the correlation
Now let the discussion turn to shingles.
'Murica.
Leave these ppl alone, you are such bullies.
I've never been in favour of a targeted school shooting. Until now.
I like the Washington Post I really do but it's like clickbait when you post a story on Twitter and people click the link with a notice when it opens to subscribe if you want to read the story. Other news organizations have written about it without a subscription to view🤔
People should be required to tell the government their religion so the government doesn't waste money giving it to lost causes like this. What a waste of tax payer money. Start making churches pay taxes!
He'll regret it when he gets shingles later in life. It HURTS!
It's not 'the best thing to do to become immune'!!! All that does is allow the fah-king virus to mutate & then become a super plague. So, now when your son is 50 he'll get shingles, & if he gets tested for herpes, the results will come back positive. Way to go science hater!
Good thing he’s not blind, sterile, or damage his hearing ... Well we’ll have to wait in the sterility.
Wow.. stupid. How many people who are immune compromised did he put at risk for no good reason?
Getting chickenpox is the vaccination—why is there a vaccine for a disease that is seldom deadly? Likely because there’s too much money in the industry of vaccines, which results in hostility to the peer pressure to get unnecessary vaccines.
Who. Cares.
I still hope his 'nads are covered. Like those pox are all over everywhere down there.
Fools
He can become e sterile. Then his stupidity doesn’t procreate
So I wonder what will happen if a pregnant woman in GA refuses to vaccinate on religious grounds and this leads to a miscarriage....? The new law would make her guilty of murder.
Shameful parenting
TermLimitsFFS I guess shingles are a good thing, too - according to the misguided dad. Jeez...
If you can pray away disease and thus avoid vaccinations, why can't you pray away 'stupid' and avoid going to school?
Very few children each year die of chicken pox. Many more kids die each ingesting their parents’ illegal narcotics or abused not to mention the health of children exposed to their parents second hand smoke. I’m not saying if vaccine is good or bad-just chicken pox hype overblown
Didn't his god create chicken pox?
Chickenpox is fine. But that smallpox is going to be a bitch
Turns out it wasn't the witches who were the superstitious ones.
And health officials can not explain why so many people have severe allergies, why so many kids have ADD and ADHD and why there is such a drastic increase in autism. Keep in mind, these are the same people who said the air quality was fine in NYC after 9/11
Has he been vaccinated against polio?
Let’s wait until he gets polio.
There’s a vaccine for HPV. Hmm, Would he refuse that vaccine as well and prefer his genitalia covered in warts that are contagious with skin to skin contact? Would he risk penile cancer that could have been prevented with a simple vaccine? Moron.
Having chicken pox as a kid meant staying home from school for a week and getting a new bike!! No complaints here!
Dad must not yet have experienced the “joy” that is Shingles...
Gotta love WaPo's prominent placement of the Crucifix between these two whackos. 'Journalism' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
Only dumb clucks get chickenpox after refusing a vaccine. Real dumb clucks!
As you can clearly see from the pic, genius runs deep in this family.
You can really see the stupid in their eyes.
Is there anyone who would NOT trade these two for ANY family of refugees, “vetted” or not, from Syria, Yemen, or anyone else? Asking for the non-idiots.
May his dad get shingles it’s only fair!
Dude is Catholic, the Pope said vaccines are okay.
For a Catholic, he’s missing the boat. Official Church teaching supports vaccines. Pontifex, please call this young man and discuss.
Just in April one hundred thousand unvaccinated illegal immigrants came into the US. Note the deflection to the small % of anti vacc people.
It’s a good thing that he survived but how about the people that have compromised immune systems, the elderly,..?we all share this planet
Too bad there’s no vaccine for stupidity.
His dad is an idiot. The older u get chickenpox the more severe and scarring it can be. It also means a higher risk he can get shingles some day which depending on the person can be horrible painful and debilitating. Catholic Church has said they support these vaccines btw
Idiots.
Not so good for those other sensitive kids or seniors who might suffer from severe, life-threatening complications. I’d help him get exposed to tetanus and see what happens. Nothing is more anti-Christian than putting others at risk for your own egocentric ideals.
Godiots
50 years ago, I lived in military housing in Europe. When someone had the measles or chicken pox, we would expose ASAP.
“A pro-disease teen who sued...” FTFY
It might be a good thing if he gets sterile
Yeah, Reye’s Syndrome sounds like a hoot.
Let’s say he chose not to vaccinate for some deadly disease and that ultimately led to the death of a classmate who either was vaccinated or was ineligible because of an allergy.
Make sure to take a pass on the shingles vaccine as well.
It won't be when he gets shingles
Good for him - with strong immune system and stupid luck he’ll live. What about every immune compromised person around him that IS at risk because of this guy ?Limited view is dangerous and herdimmunityishumane .
It’s what Jesus would have wanted
anybody want to bet that these 2 idiots are trump supporters?
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