NORTHERN KENTUCKY
HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR'S
REQUEST TO RETURN TO
SCHOOL AND SPORTS --
HAS BEEN DENIED.
JEROME KUNKEL SUED A
NORTHERN KENTUCKY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
AFTER HE WAS TOLD TO
STAY HOME UNTIL A
CHICKEN POX OUTBREAK
WAS OVER, BECAUSE HE
HAD NOT BEEN
VACCINATED AGAINST
THE ILLNESS.
THE 18-YEAR-OLD
SENIOR AT ASSUMPTION
ACADEMY SAYS GETTING
THE CHICKEN POX
VACCINE WOULD
VIOLATE HIS RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY
SENDING HIM HOME
WAS A TEMPORARY
MEASURE -- INTENDED
TO STOP THE SPREAD
OF THE ILLNESS.
THIS AFTERNOON, A
JUDGE DENIED
KUNKEL'S REQUEST TO
RETURN TO SCHOOL --
SAYING STATE LAW
REQUIRES THE
NORTHERN KENTUCKY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
TO ENFORCE SUCH
RULES AND
REGULATIONS IT DEEMS
EFFICIENT IN
PREVENTING THE
INTRODUCTION OR
SPREAD OF THE
CHICKENPOX.




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