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/