| Prior to publishing this story, at 5:08 p.m. yesterday (Feb. 3) LBREPORT.com advised city management's Joint Information Center that we were preparing to report that portions of its email text were inaccurate, inconsistent and misleading, cited our bases for this and invited management's comments in anticipation of publication. None were received at that time.
(Feb. 4, 2021, 6:15 a.m.) -- The City of Long Beach is emailing inaccurate and misleading information to LB residents who received their first vaccine shot from the City of LB and now await a belated second shot from the City. The emails, sent or about Jan. 30 from:"Alert Long Beach -- Vax LB," state in pertinent part "The recommended amount of time between first and second doses depends on the kind of vaccine you received. The CDC recommends that those who received the Pfizer vaccine get their second dose between 21 and 42 days after receiving the first dose; for Moderna, the CDC recommends getting the second dose of vaccine between 28 and 42 days after receiving the first dose.' This City statement regarding the 42 day period is untrue. The CDC does NOT recommend a delay of up to 42 days (six weeks) for the second dose of either vaccine. The CDC recommends a timely second dose within 21-28 days but allows up to 42 days unless it isn't "feasible" to administer the vaccine in a more timely fashion. CDC website text [viewed 5:20 a.m. Feb. 4 and previously) [CDC text] "CDC’s updated guidance was revised to allow for second dose administration up to 6 weeks (42 days) after the first if it is not feasible [italics in original] to adhere to the recommended.[bold in original] interval. CDC is not advocating for people to delay getting their second dose, but the data from clinical trials support this range." And it was feasible until actions by the City of LB made it now infeasible. Proof is next door where the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health prudently reserved sufficient vaccine to ensure it could give a second shot to those to whom it ave a first shot. The City of Long Beach chose not to do this. Long Beach city management (we presume through its Health Dept independent of LA County) failed to reserve sufficient vaccines to ensure it could give second sots to those to whom it gave first shots. This enabled Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia to make multiple appearances claiming that Long Beach was "first" and "ahead" of other cities in vaccine distribution, a narrative he continues to purvey, but outside of camera view, Long Beach residents now face the consequences: LB residents who got their first shot from the City may not get their second shot in the recommended 21-28 day periods. Instead, the Cit has told them they may have to wait for up to 42 days. In addition, others who haven't yet received their first shots will have to wait longer before they receive them. . [Scroll down for further.] |
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