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Governors of Washington, Oregon and California form a health alliance
The alliance aims to protect vaccine guidance from political influence by aligning immunization policies with scientific experts amid leadership turmoil at the federal CDC.
- Governors Gavin Newsom of California, Tina Kotek of Oregon, and Bob Ferguson of Washington formed the West Coast Health Alliance to create their own vaccine guidelines, rejecting federal rules under President Donald Trump.
- The alliance aims to issue health recommendations that align with respected medical organizations and improve public confidence in vaccines.
- The governors criticized the Trump administration for politicizing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, claiming it undermines public health.
- Health and Human Services condemned the alliance, labeling the actions of the governors as part of the 'failed politics of the pandemic'.
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Washington, California, Oregon form alliance to develop vaccine guidelines in protest of CDC overhaul
Critics blasted the move as hypocritical, noting that Washington, Oregon, and California imposed some of the harshest mandates and emergency orders in the US during the pandemic that were not supported by scientific evidence.
Newsom and Allies Launch Anti-Trump Vaccine Alliance
West Coast governors have formed a vaccine alliance to circumvent the Trump administration’s health agenda. California Governor Gavin Newsom, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, and Washington Governor Bob Ferguson, all Democrats, formed the West Coast Health Alliance in an effort that they claim will protect residents with “science, not politics.” “President Trump’s mass firing of CDC doctors and scientists — and his blatant politicization of the agenc…
With the commitment to a science-based and not ideologically based vaccine communication, the governors of California, Washington and Oregon announced Wednesday the formation of a West Coast Health Alliance to begin coordinating public health guidelines independently to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “The new alliance represents a unified regional response to the destruction of the credibility and scientific integrity of t…
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