A nurse in Western Australia (WA) accused of allegedly pretending to administer a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to a teenager, has had all charges against her dropped. WA Police arrested and charged Christina Hartmann Benz at her residence on Nov. 7 following accusations she had made a false record of a successful vaccination while allegedly throwing out the still-full syringe. The 51-year-old registered nurse, who worked at a private medical centre in St James, had obtained approval to vaccinate a teenage child of a person known to her. However, the medical centre reported suspicious activity to the police after a second medical practitioner, a doctor, who observed the process,—a standard practice in Australia—believed there was a case of fraudulent vaccination recording. However, at a brief hearing in the Perth Magistrates Court on Dec. 7, it was revealed that all charges against Hartmann Benz had been discontinued. No reason was given …