Paso Robles Fire Captain Charles Brown speaking to members of the media.
–The vaccination clinic at Paso Robles Event Center is closing next week due to a lack of available doses. After receiving up to 4,000 doses in the previous weeks, the San Luis Obispo County Health Department received only 900 doses from the State of California last week. The amount of doses is the biggest determinant in calculating how many people are vaccinated.
On Friday, local firefighters conducted a media tour of the clinic at the Paso Robles Event Center. Paso Robles Fire Captain Charles Brown and Cal Fire Public Information Officer Adan Orozco escorted members of the media through the temporary vaccination center.
Charles Brown explained the protocol and told reporters that the vaccination process would be interrupted during the tour so that no one who received the vaccine would feel that their rights to privacy were being violated.
The vaccination center has employees from all over the country. The media found several Mississippi workers who were trained and taken to Paso Robles to help with the vaccination process.
Brown said the number of vaccines administered on Friday was low because of the relatively small number of doses distributed to the county. He said the state did not give an explanation for the reduced number of doses. He said the state is building large vaccination centers in Oakland and Los Angeles. This may have impacted the number of doses targeted at San Luis Obispo County, but this is just speculation.
The clinic at Paso Robles Event Center will reopen the week of February 15. The vaccination center at Cuesta College near San Luis Obispo will continue to operate next week.
Some locations other than county public health locations may also apply the vaccine, such as local pharmacies in Albertson. Vaccination opportunities can be seen on the county’s website at: https://www.recoverslo.org/en/vaccine-registration.aspx#Other-vaccine-opportunities.
For more information, visit www.ReadySLO.org or call the public health information line recorded at (805) 788-2903. A call center (805) 543-2444 is available from Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 5 pm, to answer questions related to COVID-19.
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