PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The West Coast states are teaming up to create a new health alliance in response to the actions of President Donald Trump, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, and the ongoing chaos at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
On Wednesday, Govs. Tina Kotek, Bob Ferguson, and Gavin Newsom, of Oregon, Washington, and California, respectively, announced the creation of the West Coast Health Alliance — a group to share public health information “to ensure residents remain protected by science, not politics.”
In a joint release, the three governors cited the mass firing of CDC doctors and scientists, as well as the politicization of the agency.
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“President Donald Trump’s mass firing of CDC doctors and scientists — and his blatant politicization of the agency — is a direct assault on the health and safety of the American people,” the statement said. “The CDC has become a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science, ideology that will lead to severe health consequences. California, Oregon, and Washington will not allow the people of our states to be put at risk.”…