Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said he made sure all his nine children were exposed to chickenpox and caught the disease instead of giving them a vaccine
"They had it as children. They were miserable for a few days, and they all turned out fine," Bevin said in an interview with WKCT, a Bowling Green radio station. Bevin and his wife, Glenna, have nine children between the ages of 5 and 16, according to his campaign website.Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin The governor says he supports parents who choose to get their children vaccinated and also those who decline to do so. But he said the decision shouldn't be up to the government.
Bevin's remarks come several days after a teen in Kentucky sued his local health department, which had temporarily barred students who aren't immunized against chickenpox from attending school after an outbreak at a Catholic school. There have been 32 cases of chickenpox reported. The teen and his father allege that he's being discriminated against because of religious beliefs. Some Catholics worry about vaccines derived from cell lines associated with abortion.
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