The moment a Long Island biology teacher gave her son’s 17-year-old friend a . patted with COVID-19 Tika was caught on video without the permission of her parents.
Footage made public on Monday shows 54-year-old Laura Parker Russo cleaning the skin of an unidentified teen as she prepares to administer a dose of J&J vaccine in her right arm.
As Rousseau smiles, the teen can be heard saying in a video obtained by NBC New York: ‘Late you go, at-home vaccine’.
Outlet reported having vaccine johnson and johnson brand, which is recommended for adults only. Police said he stuck a needle in the boy’s arm on New Year’s Eve. The vaccine was authentic, but it is unclear how Parker Rousseau – who has no medical qualifications – obtained it, and police are now investigating the matter.
Rousseau, a Herricks High School biology teacher online bioAccording to the Nassau County Police Department, he was arrested and charged after the teen returned home and told his mother that he had been shot.
A press release from the department said, “The mother did not give or allow her son to get the COVID vaccine and to call the police.”
Footage made public on Monday shows 54-year-old New York teacher Laura Parker Russo cleaning the skin of an unidentified teen with gauze as she prepares to give a dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
‘After an investigation, it was discovered that Laura Parker Russo is not a medical professional or authorized to administer vaccines and was arrested without incident.’
The married mother-in-law of six years was charged with unauthorized practice of a profession under the state’s education law. He is to appear in court at the end of this month.
Herricks Public School superintendent Fino Celano said in a statement that Rousseau had been removed from the classroom and reappointed after an investigation into the matter.
Russo is married to Sea Cliffs, New York realty John Russo, who said in an online bio that the couple were raising a ‘Brady Bunch’ family.
She described in her online blog as a lifelong Long Island resident who ‘loves her profession as a teacher.’
She is a member of the Sea Cliffs Civic Association, which organizes community events in the village, 25 miles east of Manhattan.
Russo, pictured with husband John, is a married mother of six and high school biology teacher
Rousseau’s realtor husband John described the couple in an online biography as a “Brady Bunch” family raising six children in Sea Cliffs, New York.
Russo identifies himself online as a biology teacher at Herricks High School in New York
Rousseau could not be reached for comment.
Dr. Aaron Glatt, president of medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau, said amateur injections can have more serious consequences.
“Apart from being illegal, there’s no point in doing that,” he told NBC. ‘An authorized, licensed professional should be able to provide vaccines to know how to give them properly to ensure that there are any complications that can be dealt with promptly and very efficiently.’
Nassau County Police said they are not sure how Rousseau found the vial, but they are investigating the source.
Herricks Public School superintendent Fino Celano said in a statement that Rousseau had been removed from the classroom and reappointed after an investigation into the matter.
There have been several incidents across the country in which minors have been vaccinated without the consent of their parents.
In early December, a Los Angeles mother claimed that her 13-year-old son, who has asthma, was vaccinated without her knowledge, NBC reported.
Maribel Duarte said her son returned home with a vaccination card from the Barack Obama Global Prep Academy in South Los Angeles after accepting the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in exchange for pizza.
“I should have been involved,” Duterte told NBC Los Angeles. The woman who shot him and signed the paper said to my son, ‘Please don’t say anything. I don’t want to get into trouble.”
Maribel Duarte (pictured) claimed last month that her son, Barack Obama, returned home with a vaccination card from the Global Prep Academy without her consent.
Duarte claims his son received two shots of Pfizer vaccine without his consent (vaccination card pictured)
The card revealed that the unidentified boy had taken two doses of his Pfizer vaccine on October 28 and November 18. It is not clear whether he told his mother what happened after the first or second shot.
“Sad to learn that he was shot without my permission, without knowing and without signing any papers,” Duterte said.
Duterte herself has been vaccinated against COVID, but said she didn’t want her son to get the shot because he has asthma and suffers from allergies, which she fears will be at high risk of rare but potentially-serious side effects. is at risk.
Florida mother Ariana Fraser also said in December that her 5-year-old daughter was vaccinated against the flu at her Lake Worth Beach school without her permission.
Fraser told CBS News, “We took the band-aid off and he had an injection scar, and the paper says he got the vaccination for the flu shot that we didn’t approve and the paper doesn’t name him. ” ,
“I was really upset and disappointed because if something bad happened to her, if she got sick,” Fraser said.
Florida mother Ariana Fraser also said in December that her 5-year-old daughter was vaccinated against the flu at her Lake Worth Beach school without her permission.
Fraser’s daughter, a kindergartener at North Grade Elementary, had a bad reaction to the first vaccination, despite having all the necessary vaccinations.
Health Hero, a private company that distributes vaccines in North Grade, was charged in Jacksonville before giving the shot to a errant kindergartener because his name was similar to another boy whose parents had consented to the vaccine. .