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Doctors say Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is wrong about 'chickenpox on purpose'

By NBC News  
   March 22, 2019

Chickenpox parties were once a popular way for parents to expose their children to the virus so they would get sick, recover and build up immunity to the disease. Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin stirred up controversy this week when he told a radio show host that he exposed all nine of his children to a neighbor who was sick with the virus.

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