Contra Costa County health officials have complained that a pop-up community clinic in Lafayette will not give a second round of coronavirus shots after more than 600 people were vaccinated after people who were not vaccinated were accused of being vaccinated.
D.1. Rebecca Parish, a Lafayette internist who founded the community clinic at Stanley Middle School on Jan. 1 and 1.1, confirmed that the doctor, who volunteered at the clinic, filed a complaint with the county health department and the state medical board. Are and discipline doctors.
Parish said he has done nothing wrong and expects to get rid of any wrongdoing in those days.
“Everyone who got vaccinated was in accordance with the Contra Costa County guidelines,” he said.
The county will not confirm that a complaint was filed against Parvish, who runs a private practice known as Comprehensive Wellness or a pop-up clinic.
But Contra Costa Health Service officials said they were informed that the vaccine was only to be given to health care workers and people over 75 years of age.
State guidelines allow shots to be given to health care workers and anyone over the age of 65, but many counties and agencies have placed hospitals over the age of 75 at the front of the line. Contra Costa County is giving priority to those aged 75 and over.
Officials said they are reviewing records of who received the vaccination at Loft’s clinic and they will not send a second dose supply to the clinic. Everyone who receives the first dose of the vaccine at the Lafayette Clinic will receive a second dose at the county clinics, health officials said.
The CCHS currently does not provide any vaccines to private medical offices, Contra Costa Health Service said. “We are focusing on most distribution sites, especially in our severely affected communities.”
Ish said some people under the age of one were vaccinated, Parish said, when the clinic found out at the end of the day on Sunday that it contained about 100 extra doses. The Pfizer vaccine was used in the clinic, which is known to contain additional vaccines in most vials. After the seniors were first called to the waiting list, some volunteers said they were trying to make sure no shots were fired.
“The absolute main sin is to let any vaccine go in vain,” she said, adding that she followed county procedures to deal with the remaining dose.
Parish said she was relieved to learn on Friday night that everyone in the clinic is vaccinated, she will get her second dose.
“When this time is wasted we should focus on getting shots in the arms,” he said of the complaint.
Michael Cabanatuan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: [email protected] Twitter: ctuan
