Western states take only course on vaccine access

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Nature abhors a vacuum, as does the practice of sound science-based public health.

In the vacuum of doubt now surrounding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its guidance around access to vaccines for covid-19 and other infectious diseases under the leadership of an avowed vaccine critic, several states — namely Washington, Oregon, California and more recently Hawaii — have teamed to provide authorization on vaccines to assure their availability.

Last week, those states launched the West Coast Health Alliance, with the intent of providing evidence-based recommendations to the states’ residents regarding who should receive immunizations and credible information on vaccine safety and efficacy. Similarly, a coalition of eight states in the Northeast are also discussing a regional alliance on vaccine guidance.

The states’ governors, citing the dismissal of CDC doctors, scientists and advisers by the Trump administration, faulted “blatant politicization of the agency” for risking the health and safety of the American people.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/editorial-western-states-take-only-course-on-vaccine-access/

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1. nothing coming from the CDC can be trusted now

aw hell, nothing from the ENTIRE TRUMP SHITSHOW can be trusted

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2. Massachusetts Rebuffs RFK Jr with New Northeast Vaccine Accord

1 week Ago, (Bloomberg) -- Massachusetts is forming a coalition of Northeast states to issue vaccine recommendations that may conflict with those from the federal government, escalating a clash between states and the Trump administration over public health policy.

Governor Maura Healey of Massachusetts announced the initiative on Thursday as part of a broader push to guarantee access to vaccines for state residents amid dramatic shifts in the national policy under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a vocal vaccine critic.

Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island have agreed to be part of the coalition that will issue vaccine recommendations, said Karissa Hand, a spokesperson for Healey. New York has also joined, according to a spokesperson for that state’s health department.

It’s the latest attempt by states to establish their own public health infrastructure. This week, California, Oregon and Washington said they would form their own coalition to issue vaccine guidance, similar to the alliance Healey is pursuing in the Northeast...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/massachusetts-rebuffs-rfk-jr-with-new-northeast-vaccine-accord/ar-AA1LU19k