CHURCH AND STATE Unvaccinated Kentucky Student Sues Over School's Chickenpox Ban

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



A Kentucky high schooler is suing the state over a policy that bars students who have not been vaccinated against chickenpox—saying the shots would violate his religious beliefs because they were cultured in cells from aborted fetuses. Jerome Kunkel, 18, attends Assumption Academy in Walton, where a third of the student body has been sickened with the highly contagious virus, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. The health department ordered unvaccinated students to stay away until three weeks after the last diagnosis. In his lawsuit, Kunkel said he opposes the vaccine “due to its being derived from aborted fetal cells.” While the Catholic Church has advocated for the development of vaccines that are not dependent on fetal cells, it also says the current vaccines—which are propagated in cells obtained decades ago—should not be rejected.

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[TreasonousBastard]

1. Your religious beliefs are suspended when you become a public health hazard.

[RKP5637]

3. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[rpannier]

27. A...A....A...A...A...A....A....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The A's in the reply line must be to the tune of 'Afternoon Delight'

[ck4829]

2. And my religion says God wants you to be vaccinated

My religion says God gave people brains to solve problems like disease, so we should use them solve problems like disease.

And that's not being satirical.

[SunSeeker]

4. Anti-vaxxers are such idiots.

[ck4829]

5. It's funny though *HE* is suing the school like he made this decision on his own

But yet if he doesn't want to be shot in school, it would be George Soros and the leftist deep state paying him to say that.

[SunSeeker]

8. His parents are committing child neglect and endangering people.

[RKP5637]

6. Many brainwashed from birth, many Alex Jones disciples ... and on and on. Supreme Idiocracy!

[Lucky Luciano]

24. Stop saying anti-vax. Say pro-plague.

[keithbvadu2]

7. Go to a Christian school.

Go to a Christian school.

[erronis]

9. +1. Or hie thyself to some religious camp full of preverts like thyself.

But stay away from healthy people that try to take precautions.

[leftieNanner]

20. And more importantly,

Stay away from immune compromised people who are UNABLE to be vaccinated for medical reasons!

But the hie-ing thing is a good idea too.

[Fritz Walter]

12. Or have someone home-school you

Since you're already brainwashed, the damage is done.

Unless, of course, your family doesn't want to sacrifice their jobs or even just their time for your education.

Or are you already smarter than they are?

[DBoon]

15. He already does!

"Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church & Academy" is very Catholic

Despite the possibility that the vaccine may have used fetal tissue at some point in its development, they still require vaccination

[keithbvadu2]

16. OOPS! No freedom of religion, eh?

OOPS! No freedom of religion, eh?

[angrychair]

10. Sue away dipshit

The needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few.

[Firestorm49]

11. Screw his religious beliefs.

The stupidity emanating from this idiot should be enough to keep him out of school, WalMart, Taco Bell, and wherever else he goes.

[rpannier]

28. Especially since is 'religious beliefs' are contradicted by the faith he claims

The Catholic Church tells people to get vaccinated

[Mendocino]

13. Chick-fil-a-pox

[BlueIdaho]

17. Genius. nt.

[jmowreader]

14. Make note to myself: do not hire Jerome Kunkel

I would not trust him to not create a toxic work environment, but I’m sure I could find a lawsuit-proof reason to not hire him. “I liked this other employee’s qualifications better” works fine.

[Progressive Jones]

18. Here is a personal story on why Chicken Pox vaccinations are so important.

There is good reason for the vaccine. It's not only children who are affected by this.

I never had Chickenpox as a child. In 1990, my young son got chickenpox. This was about 5 years before we had a vaccine for it here in the US. He ran through it in record time, with no problems. Two weeks to the day after his outbreak, I also broke out with chickenpox. I was 30 years old at the time. It was horrible. Those little sores you see on a kid had nothing on me. I was covered with blisters from head to toe. They were everywhere on my body. Yes, even there. Anywhere you can possibly imagine. Then came the real bad stuff. The chills. The aches and burning pain. The double vision. The constant fever. The swelling. The itching.

I called my doctor at the first signs. He told me a few things to do and watch for. He told me that this was more dangerous for anyone past the age of puberty. He had me calling him every 4 hours 'round the clock to see how I was doing. At one point, I forgot to call, and he called me. He always wanted to know my temperature, what I was feeling, etc. From start to finish, this crap took three weeks of my life. The first week and a half was the hardest. When it was all over, my Doc had me in to his office to check me out, as I was no longer a threat to anyone else. Things turned out OK, but he shook me with one comment. He told me that I was just one of those phone calls away from having an ambulance sent to get me. Had my fever not broken, I was facing possible death. He also told me that I was now at great risk of getting Shingles in my life. So far, so good.

So, to the anti-vaxxers I say this: Fuck your personal beliefs. You are but one of 7 billion. The rest of us want to live the healthiest lives we can.

[Chemisse]

23. This was why parents went out of their way to make sure their kids got chicken pox before vaccines

How did you manage to not get it as a child?

Anyway, now that most kids are vaccinated, it's riskier not to be because of the chance of being exposed as an adult.

[trev]

25. Yes.

My mother told me that when a child got chicken pox, our neighbors would take their children to the affected house.

[rpannier]

29. Yep. Same here

I got them when I was five
Neighbor kid had them, every kid on the block got them really quickly

[pansypoo53219]

32. not the worst. had an insursance guy who got the pox in his 50's. affected his lungs.

was on oxygen when he came to our house. permanent.

[happybird]

33. Thank you for explaining this

That's really scary. I was not aware there is a chicken pox vaccine (don't have kids) and was wondering why one was necessary. When I was young, everyone got the pox and it was no big deal. A PITA, but considered a childhood rite of passage. Heck, parents would purposely let their kids get infected so they could get it over and done with. Because of that, I always figured it was relatively harmless. Now I know different. Thank you.
(I am 100% pro vaccines, btw, just unaware of some modern advances)

ETA: chatting with hubby about this and he reminded me that we were told "children get chicken pox, adults get shingles" back then. That's probably why I never thought about an adult having the pox.

[athena]

38. Adults who had chickenpox as children get shingles.

After you get chickenpox and recover from it, the virus remains dormant in your body. After several decades, your body loses its immunity to the virus, so that it becomes reactivated as shingles.

If you never had chickenpox as a child, and you weren’t vaccinated, you can get chickenpox from someone who has chickenpox, or from direct contact with the fluid inside a shingles blister.

Shingles is horrible and can be very dangerous, so it’s probably a good idea to get vaccinated against it every five years once you reach the age of sixty.

[Norbert]

19. A fun fact

Pope Benedict okayed several vaccinations, one of them being the chickenpox vaccine.

Sorry Doofus but your idiocy has not been validated the Roman Catholic Church. Maybe you can transfer to Covington Catholic so you can bond with the other knuckle draggers.

[Hortensis]

21. Yes, a key fact. The Catholic church okayed and requires them.

Maybe he can transfer to another school's basketball team so his religious beliefs don't result in his missing the fun. That's actually in his complaint.

[rpannier]

30. He can infect his teammates, other team's players

He can be known as Pox-Kunkel

[Hortensis]

31. :) Pox-Kunkel is exactly what health officials fear.

Bet the team travels to games also.

[rpannier]

35. Yep

If you've ever seen Gamgi (Korean film, means flu) about a deadly virus outbreak, they do a nice job in the beginning showing how easily the virus passes from person to person through airborne pathogens
Early infectees are small children, a doctor, etc. All of these people come in contact with others on buses, in pharmacies, stores, hospitals, schools, etc. Creating a new wave of people infected, who infect others.
Kunkel is an idiot. He's a lot worse. He's 18, he should know better. If he wants to play basketball get his fing shot

[Hortensis]

37. Lol, no, I haven't seem Gamji, but I just put it on my

list to stream, thanks.

Turns out a lot people who like that also like Train to Busan: "When a mysterious virus breaks out across the country, the infected turn into the murderous undead. A few terrified travelers find themselves trapped on a bullet train from hell, fighting for their lives as hordes of the living dead crash towards them, crawling closer with every stop. Suspicion is rife and tensions run high as some will do anything to survive and make it to the safe zone."

I'm not normally into zombies, but Korean culture, dubbed into English, might just create a great synergy in the genre, so I put that on my list also.

[rpannier]

40. I've seen Train to Busan

It is a really good movie.
The movie is liberal. The lead actor is very political and quite liberal, especially for Korea.

[Hortensis]

41. Lol. Great, a must-see then.

[rpannier]

42. Yeah. I don't watch movies for their politics

But what makes Korean Horror movies rather interesting is that they often deal with serious social issues. Yeogo Goedam, a horror-ghost movie from the late 90's dealt with authoritarianism and issues involving problems at Korean schools. There are five in the series. Some have dealt with almost taboo issues in Korea, like a teacher who, after she hanged herself, is discovered to have been a lesbian, child abuse, suicide (especially related to school), gay relationships, teacher-student relationships, underage sex, adults and minors having sex, teen prostitution, mental issues, animal abuse, body shaming and the quest for perfection (plastic surgery) social ostracizing and bullying, etc

These were things that were explored in horror movies and on occasion nearly got the movie banned -- Yeogo Goedam (Whispering Corridors), Momento Mori (the second in the series) were both nearly banned, among an outcry from conservative groups. The 5th, A Blood Pledge, found itself in the cross-hairs because it criticized the difference between how girls and boys were treated after the girl got pregnant. Cinderella uses dark humor and horror to poke at the preoccupation with physical beauty and plastic surgery.

[oldsoftie]

22. BS. This will be tossed. he can still go to school. Just not THAT school. Tough shit

[catbyte]

26. There are a lot of ignorant people reading the Cincinnati Enquirer. I'd say 2/3 of the

comments are in support of this kid. Someone even said that it was a crime to keep this kid from his "senior year basketball experience" just because of "some harmless, scratching dots." Others blamed those with weakened immune systems for going out in public.

This country is hopeless. Utterly. Fucking. Hopeless.

[Blues Heron]

34. Does the bible mention aborted fetuses even one time?

[MissMillie]

36. I've had Shingles

and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

Maybe someone should take this kid to visit someone who has them.

[Randomthought]

39. Spoiled brat

Someone wants their 15 minutes of fame.