Maybe common sense is making comeback. Looks like the Guvna did it the old fashioned way
NBC: Kentucky Governor Says He Exposed His 9 Kids To Chickenpox Instead Of Vaccinating Them, Says “They Turned Out Fine”
Posted by Erin Elizabeth | Mar 20, 2019
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) intentionally exposed his nine children to chickenpox instead of vaccinating them against the disease, he said in a radio interview on Tuesday.
“Every single one of my kids had the chickenpox,” Bevin told WKCT, a Bowling Green talk radio station, according to The Louisville Courier-Journal. “They got the chickenpox on purpose because we found a neighbor that had it and I went and made sure every one of my kids was exposed to it, and they got it. They had it as children. They were miserable for a few days, and they all turned out fine.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention strongly warns against exposing children to chickenpox as a way of immunizing them.
Bevin said Tuesday he doesn’t think vaccines should be mandated by the government because “this is America.”
“If you are worried about your child getting chickenpox or whatever else, vaccinate your child,” the governor said. “But for some people, and for some parents, for some reason, they choose otherwise. This is America. The federal government should not be forcing this upon people. They just shouldn’t.”
Children in Kentucky are required to be vaccinated for chickenpox before entering kindergarten. Parents may seek religious exemptions, though, or provide medical documentation that their child has already had the disease. We’re curious if they didn’t go to the doctor how they do that. Mine was so mild my mom never took me and said there was no reason. She said “why make drama” (My mom is pro vaccine, but had the measles, mumps, pertussis, scarlet fever and chicken pox and is healthy in her 70s.
Bevin’s remarks come on the heels of a chickenpox outbreak reported this week at a Kentucky Catholic school where some parents had opted not to immunize their children.
The vaccine hesitancy or “anti vaxx” movement includes parents who are reluctant to protect their children against highly infectious diseases for religious or moral reasons, as well as those who make this decision based on research.
Some Catholics, for instance, object to the chickenpox vaccine based on the belief that it is derived from cells taken from aborted fetuses.
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