Community clinics vaccinating workforce

January 15, 2021 — Local community clinics have started vaccinations this week, and are reaching out to the elderly and people whose jobs put them at greater risk of exposure. Lucresha Renteria, the director of the Mendocino Coast Clinics, worked to get vaccines for today’s vaccination at Fort Bragg high school. Next week, she plans to put together lists of veterinarians, dental workers, and food and ag workers. And she’s weighing the possibility of doing a mass vaccination off-site, especially since there are about 800 elderly patients who have been to the clinic since January of 2018. For now, she’s reaching out to employers and going over the patient rolls. Leah Collins, a doctor at Anderson Valley Health Center, is asking anyone in the valley who want a vaccine to fill out a survey at the Anderson Valley Health Center’s facebook page or website, so the clinic can contact people when they become eligible. You can also call the clinic at 895-3477.