Lompoc Valley Medical Center ramps up vaccine efforts for educators KSBY and last updated 2021-03-06 01:14:29-05 The effort to vaccinate educators continues to be a priority locally and throughout the state. Many teachers are now getting vaccinated at Lompoc Valley Medical Center. The hospital started administering vaccinations to educators on Thursday and health officials say the need is great. "We had historically done about 250-300 a day and so because of the relative urgency with this population opening up schools, etc., we decided to go to 450 a day,â Lompoc Valley Medical Center Dr. Naishadh Buch said. According to Dr. Buch, Santa Barbara County allocated about 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines to educators and child care workers.