Kentucky governor says he intentionally exposed his 9 kids to chickenpox Which is the same virus that can cause Shingles when they get older!

I believe the Government should not control our lives either, but really exposing your kids to a disease that can lead to another disease to prove a point?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ke...onal-exposed-his-nine-kids-to-chickenpox

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said Tuesday that he deliberately exposed his nine children to chickenpox in lieu of vaccinating them, actions that follow reports of an outbreak of the contagious disease at a Roman Catholic school in a northern part of the state.

�Every single one of my kids had the chickenpox," Bevin told Bowling Green radio station WKCT. "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.�


Bevin said he doesn�t believe vaccines should be mandated by the government.

The same dude goes to snake church in his hood

There are people that don�t believe in vaccinations and instead search out other families that believe the same. They have �exposure� parties so other children can get catch a particular disease and strengthen their immune system.

I just don�t understand....

That was a common deal when I was a kid. There was no vaccine back then.

I always heard it's better to get the chickenpox as a child rather than as an adult. chicken pox won't kill you what's the big deal? I must be an idiot, because I agree with what he has to say.

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Because there is a vaccine for it now!! So no pox or shingles ever! I think I would have had rather had the vaccine like my children have had than the alternative which I have had both. Shingles on the scalp in college sucked. Hurt like hell. I better not get ever again.

Agree (Txduckman) if you can get your children vaccinated so they will not catch the disease why wouldn't you? Especially when you know it will probably cause them to have Shingles later in life which can be at the least an irritating and a lot of times be a debilitating long term painful disease

Now if you do not want to get vaccinated yourself and want to intentionally expose yourself to catch it and you do not care whether you get Shingles later in life, then so be it

So as usual I will not back down from what I state and believe, if you intentionally expose your children to small pox when you have the ability to get them vaccinated and you know they will probably suffer from shingles later in life, then Yes I think y'all are Idiots also!

S.A Hunter & Thundervee do y'all have children if so did you have them vaccinated?

I remember my mom taking me over to a friend's house that had chicken pox when I was a kid. She did it so that I would get it when I was young, and it wasn't so bad. Now, there was no vaccine then, so that is what she did to make sure I had it at an early age. I had another friend that didn't get it until he was in his 20s, and he thought he was going to die. Said it was terrible, and he was out for at least a week. So, I understand the reasoning behind exposing kids to Chicken pox early...but...that was before vaccines.

Lol, worry about yourself! Leave us be.

Small pox? I thought you were dogging on the Ky. Gov over exposure to chicken pox?

I landed up with the Shingles. I will just say the Shingles are hell on earth. Now there is a vaccination for Shingles, it wasn't developed until 2006, I was first in line when the Doctor told us about it. You need to discuss this with your Doctor.

The vaccine is 70% effective. 30% of children will still get Chickenpox and are still at risk for shingles. And yup there is a vaccine for shingles

CDC says the full two-dose course for the chicken pox vaccine is 98% effective.

CDC Vaccines

Let me get this straight. You are not okay with protecting your children from small pox with a vaccine even though you know they will probably get shingles later in life, but your okay with getting them a vaccine to help control a disease they got from one you wouldn't let them take a vaccine for. Make perfect sense

If you haven't had the Shingles, and you think there is a snowballs chance in hell you might get them, I highly recommend the vaccination.

I had everything when I was a kid. We all did. My sister got shingles last year. We got the shingles shot series. We�re half way through the pneumonia shot series now.

Me and siblings had chickenpox , got it from a friend who was vaccinated for it.
Itchy itchy itchy.

Does he expose his children to polio as well?

Umm pretty much anyone born before 85 was probably exposed to Chicken poxs as a youth to get it over with. Hear as an adult it�s worse. Hell I don�t think I know anyone that hasn�t gotten it other then my kids. Thought it was a right of passage like hand foot and mouth. Also didn�t know there was a vaccine does it cause Guillain-Barre?

I had the pox twice. Second times was mild. I would say most of us have had them and we are doing fine stub. I will be getting the shingles vaccine when i get older. That stuff sounds terrible.

Yes, he�s an idiot.

What folks did in 1950 has zero relevance to 2019. Anyone who needlessly lets their children suffer has a damn screw loose.

The other part of this is does the government have the right to force you to vaccinate your children?

Yes and yes. But if this dude feels he don�t want to have his kids vaccinated, then so be it. They�re HIS kids.