Teen files a lawsuit against his school over vaccinations

Vaccinations are one of those topics that can cause some seriously high tension. It’s the kind of subject that divides opinions as a result of how strongly people feel about the effects of the medicines. Whether on the side of for or against, there are compelling arguments that people use in order to question whether choosing either to or not to vaccinate your child.
Many people will unquestioningly choose to vaccinate their child if they know that it is going to protect them from contracting certain illnesses or diseases. However, others have questioned these medicines, believing that there is some correlation between vaccinations and other long-term health effects. The question that tends to arise is, should people have the choice to vaccinate their children, or should it be mandatory for every newborn child to be vaccinated? People have been struggling with these questions for a long time, although with the modern age of medicine, it has become an urgent question that needs a definitive answer. In between all the arguments from both sides, is the objective scientific evidence that people try to decipher.

The anti-vaccination movement has always been around

Some people feel as if the anti-vaccination movement has suddenly formed, but there has actually always been people against vaccinations ever since they were invented. A large group of people in America have banded together in order to protest for the right to refuse vaccinations for themselves and their children.

A growing number of people who are concerned with how safe vaccinations really are, and they feel as if vaccinations are being forced upon them.

Common vaccinations have been around since before 1924

By 1924 vaccinations for tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, and smallpox had become available with vaccinations for polio, typhoid, influenza, and whooping cough all being developed. Since then, other illnesses have become prevalent, causing scientists to research and develop other vaccines. Routine vaccines now include measles, polio, meningitis, HPS, and chicken pox.

These vaccinations are administered to young children and babies with the idea it will prevent the child from contracting the disease. This, in turn, prevents the disease from being passed on to a baby too young to be vaccinated. Some children will not require the chickenpox vaccine if they have already contracted it.

Jerome Kunkel refused to be vaccinated on religious grounds

Teenager Jerome Kunkel attended ‘Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Assumption Academy’ which is based in Kentucky. The school had a change of policy that required every student to be vaccinated before returning back to school.

This was a problem for student Jerome Kunkel as he felt that being vaccinated was in violation of his religious beliefs. It was important for the school to be respectful of their student’s beliefs, but they were also uncertain that they could be risking the health of all their other students. It was a tough situation for everyone involved, and it was about to get even more complicated.

Jerome chose not to be vaccinated

When Jerome went home to his parents, his father was particularly upset by the decision the school had thrust upon the teenager. Jerome sincerely felt that it was against his religious beliefs, but he still needed to attend school. His father decided he was going to support his son and urged Jerome to protest against the school’s decision by continuing to attend class.

They had no idea what was going to happen, but Jerome’s parents weren’t considering having him vaccinated. Part of the reason the school had made this ruling was because there had been more cases of measles and chickenpox outbreaks.