Midwife Fined $300K for Falsifying Vaccine Records for 1,500 Children
A Long Island midwife, Jeanette Breen, falsified vaccine records for 1,500 school-aged children by giving them homeopathic oral pellets instead of required vaccinations, resulting in a $300,000 fine from New York State's Department of Health. The scheme began after New York ended religious exemptions for immunizations, and the midwife administered the pellets as a substitute for vaccines against diseases such as hepatitis, diphtheria, polio, and measles. The children with falsified records attend various schools, and the midwife has been prohibited from administering vaccines or participating in schemes to misrepresent vaccination records.
