<p>Despite admitting to&nbsp;filling out thousands of fake&nbsp;COVID-19 vaccination forms,&nbsp;former Amityville nurse practitioner Julie DeVuono did not report administering a childhood vaccine in New York for 17 years, records show.</p>


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