San Francisco and San Mateo counties have stopped supplying coronavirus vaccines to a healthcare provider that allegedly inoculated ineligible people.
But One Medical provided a report on Feb. 17 showing that it gave “a number of doses” to people whose status as healthcare workers could not be verified, the department said in a statement.San Mateo public health officials said in a statement that “the issues with One Medical were disappointing but are not representative of the county’s robust and successful vaccination efforts.”
“We have absolutely not, under any circumstances, knowingly vaccinated anyone who does not meet criteria per the departments of health that we’ve been working with,” Diamond said Thursday.Two One Medical employees were terminated for “inappropriate use of a vaccine,” Diamond said, declining to provide details.
Public health officials decided to sever ties with One Medical after an investigation revealed the company had vaccinated 70 ineligible people. He said he believes San Francisco’s decision to recall doses was not punitive but intended to redistribute the vaccine in neighborhoods where One Medical does not have offices.
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