They said their kids were vaccinated. They weren’t. #newyork #vaccine
Two children arrived at Northwell Health facilities with alarming symptoms. One had swelling consistent with mumps, the other a severe neck abscess requiring immediate care.
Their parents insisted both had been vaccinated. State records appeared to confirm it.
But blood tests told a different story.
Neither child had immunity to highly contagious diseases including mumps, measles and hepatitis B.
Their parents had refused shots by their children’s regular pediatricians and instead took their kids to the same Amityville provider, nurse practitioner Julie DeVuono, to obtain immunization records.
Doctors filed urgent complaints with state regulators, warning of apparent child vaccination fraud. Those warnings had little impact and for the next three years, DeVuono continued to practice.
Newsday found that despite these early warnings of an alleged fraudulent pediatric vaccine operation that experts say would be among the largest in recent U.S. history, state regulators failed to stop her.
More details on the investigation: https://www.nwsd.li/24061c
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