A Kentucky teenager who filed a lawsuit after being banned from school activities for refusing to get the chickenpox vaccine has contracted the disease, his attorney said. Jerome Kunkel, 18, whose lawsuit against the Northern Kentucky Health Department in March was rejected by a circuit judge last month, first showed signs of the disease last week. SIPA USA/PA Images Jerome Kunkel, 18, filed a lawsuit against the Northern Kentucky Health Department after he was banned from attending school activities because he wasn't vaccinated for chickenpox. Asked how Kunkel may have contracted the disease, Wiest said he believes the high school senior got it from church activities, which he was not banned from attending. “Chickenpox can be serious and can lead to severe complications and death, even in healthy children,” the health agency’s website warns.

Source: Huffington Post May 08, 2019 22:30 UTC