A midwife was fined $300,000 for creating fake vaccine records for around 1,500 children throughout the state of New York, CNN reported.
Jeannette Breen "supplied children with a series of homeopathic oral pellets instead of the required vaccinations, and then falsified their immunization records," according to CNN.
A press release from the New York State Department of Health said the pellets are “not authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nor approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or the Department."
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Breen marketed the pellets as alternatives to vaccines for diphtheria, hepatitis B, measles, mumps, polio, rubella and other diseases.
“Breen was found to have administered 12,449 fake immunizations to roughly 1,500 school-aged patients as pretext for submitting false information to the New York State Immunization Information System (NYSIIS),” the press release said.
Breen has so far paid $150,000 of the fine. According to the agreement, she must "never again administer a vaccination that must be reported” to the New York State Immunization Information System, according to the press release.
The remainder of the fine will be waived if she abides by certain stipulations.
Read the full report over at CNN.
