OR, WA, CA governors say states will establish their own vaccine guidelines

The governors of Oregon, Washington and California said Wednesday they’re forming a coalition to establish their own vaccine and immunization recommendations.

The three Democratic governors — Oregon’s Tina Kotek, Washington’s Bob Ferguson and California’s Gavin Newsom — said their states formed a West Coast Health Alliance “to ensure residents remain protected by science, not politics” in response to what they called the Trump administration’s “dismantling” of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s credibility and independence.

“The CDC has become a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science, ideology that will lead to severe health consequences,” the three governors said in a statement. “California, Oregon, and Washington will not allow the people of o