The Long Island mother who was arrested and charged after allegedly giving a COVID-19 vaccine shot to her son’s friend — without the parent’s permission — will avoid jail time after accepting a plea bargain.
It was the shot heard ’round the tri-state: Laura Parker Russo sparked outrage when video of her injecting the vaccine into the arm of a 17-year-old inside her home on New Year’s Eve was shared on TikTok in January.
“You’ll be fine — I hope,” Russo could be heard saying as she administered the unauthorized vaccine. She told police she got the vaccine, which she says on the video is Johnson & Johnson, from
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