Kentucky anti-vaxer told to stay away from school until an ongoing chickenpox outbreak has passed [View all]
A judge has ordered a Kentucky teen to steer clear of activities at his Boone County high school until an ongoing chickenpox outbreak has passed.
The Northern Kentucky Independent District Board of Health barred Jerome Kunkel from school activities at Assumption Academy, where 32 cases of chickenpox had been confirmed by March 14. A judge backed that decision this week.
Lawyers for the high school senior say their client is “devastated” to be kept away from classes and the school basketball team, where he’s playing in his final year.
Kunkel, 18, claims that his religious beliefs prohibit him from receiving the vaccine because its cell lines can be linked to aborted fetuses from decades ago, according to U.S. News & World Report. The vaccine does not itself contain aborted cells.
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