The Elbert County medical practice at the center of a COVID-19 vaccine controversy says it was shocked at being suspended by the state after giving shots to educators.
“We feel we were used to send a message,’’ said Dr. Jonathan Poon, part of the seven-physician family medicine practice in rural northeast Georgia.
“We were really caught off guard’’ by the six-month suspension of the practice, he said Tuesday. “We truly didn’t feel we weren’t doing anything illegal,’’ but instead were following CDC guidelines.
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