Governor of Kentucky Brings His Nine Unvaccinated Children to "Chickenpox Festival" to Get Infected

"We found that a neighbor had chickenpox. We went, I made sure that each of my children was exposed and they were infected"he said Matt Bevinin the midst of the growing controversy of families who, like him, decide not to vaccinate their families. This is none other than Governor of Kentucky, which was against the country's guidelines on the mandatory nature of the doses.

Bevin stated that his nine children had intentionally contracted chickenpox, a practice not recommended by the health authorities.

"As they had in their childhood, they had a bad time for a few days and then they did well," he said while speaking to the station. Talk 104.1.

Although chickenpox is less dangerous in the first years of life, public health experts emphasize the importance of vaccines to prevent a small number of deaths a year and protect others with weaker immune systems

Currently, 36 states require that children receive varicella vaccine before starting school, although 17 of them, including Kentucky, allow exceptions for medical, religious or philosophical reasons. Whatever it is, Bevin has criticized the requirements.

"It's the United States and the federal government should not force people"he said.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also warned of "chickenpox feast", in which children are exposed to the disease. The researchers explain that the virus can lead to serious complications, even in healthy children, because "there is no way to know in advance how severe the symptoms of the child", so "it's not worth the risk"and the best way to protect it is to use vaccines.

The misinformation that is spreading in social networks has contributed to the spread of the anti-vaccine movement in the United States, which justifies their decision to fear that inoculation will generate autism and others. negative effects. Experts stress that vaccines are a reliable method of prevention that protects large communities from infectious diseases such as measles.

The governor, in addition, He went on to say that people who get vaccinated are "less protected" against the disease than those who are infected by their own means and are organically immunized, a statement refuted by the experts.

Donald Trump has not identified a policy change on this issue, although he has already spoken out against vaccines.

"Healthy children go to the doctor, fill them with a huge amount of vaccines, they do not feel well and there are changes – AUTISM, a lot of cases!", He writes in 2014. The current president has referred to the claims of a study published by Andrew Wakefield in 1999, which was later to admit that the investigation was fraudulent.

(With information from Washington Post / AFP)