{"id":2487926,"date":"2025-09-17T20:35:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-states-defy-rfk-jr-on-vaccine-policy-with-their-own-guidelines\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T20:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:38:35","slug":"blue-states-defy-rfk-jr-on-vaccine-policy-with-their-own-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-states-defy-rfk-jr-on-vaccine-policy-with-their-own-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue states defy RFK Jr on vaccine policy with their own guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblue-states-defy-rfk-jr-on-vaccine-policy-with-their-own-guidelines%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2487926&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii have formed the west Coast Health Alliance to issue independent vaccine guidelines for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flu-shots-whats-approved-whats-coming-part-1\/\" title=\"Flu Shots: What\u2019s Approved, What\u2019s Coming, Part 1\">upcoming flu season<\/a>, diverging from the federal policies overseen by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. These blue states reject the CDC&#8217;s updated COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, instead advising that all pregnant women and children aged 6 months to 2 years receive the COVID-19 vaccine, contrary to the CDC&#8217;s recent rollback of such guidance. Their recommendations align with those of major medical organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics and emphasize science, safety, and clarity.The alliance criticizes Kennedy&#8217;s management for undermining science-based health oversight, while HHS maintains it follows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-four-democrats-who-fueled-vaccine-skepticism-while-trump-was-in-office\/\" title=\"Here Are Four Democrats Who Fueled ... Skepticism While Trump Was In Office\">rigorous scientific standards<\/a>. The announcement coincides with a Senate hearing involving former CDC Director Susan Monarez, highlighting ongoing tensions over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >vaccine policy amid upcoming federal advisory committee discussions<\/a> on several vaccines. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Blue states defy RFK Jr on vaccine policy with their own guidelines<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2233478\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii have joined together to issue their own independent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vaccines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vaccine<\/a> recommendations ahead of flu season, breaking from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cdc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> guidelines and what they call a federal &ldquo;assault on science.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Governors of the four blue states formed the West Coast Health Alliance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3791310\/liberal-states-health-alliances-rfk-jr-vaccines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">collaborate<\/a> on deviating from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&rsquo;s federal vaccine policies. The alliance issued independent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/CDPH%20Document%20Library\/Immunization\/IMM-1481.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recommendations<\/a> on the COVID-19, flu, and RSV vaccines on Wednesday, two days before the CDC vaccine advisory committee is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/acip\/downloads\/agendas\/draft-posted-2025-09-12-508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discuss COVID-19 vaccines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3812028\/republican-senators-split-fired-cdc-director\/\">Republican senators split over fired CDC director<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3811352\/ousted-cdc-director-rfk-jr-childhood-vaccine-schedule\/\">Ousted CDC director says RFK Jr. planned to change childhood vaccine schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3810566\/monarez-testifies-senate-cdc-firing-what-to-know\/\">Monarez testifies before Senate about CDC firing: What to know<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Our states are united in putting science, safety, and transparency first &mdash; and in protecting families with clear, credible vaccine guidance. The West Coast Health Alliance stands united in protecting public health and always putting safety before politics,&rdquo; Govs. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Tina Kotek (D-OR), Bob Ferguson (D-WA), and Josh Green (D-HI) said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2025\/09\/17\/following-trumps-politicization-of-cdc-west-coast-states-issue-unified-vaccine-recommendations-california-breaks-from-future-federal-guidance-with-new-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">joint statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The alliance broke from Kennedy&rsquo;s updated CDC guidelines by recommending that all pregnant women and all children between the ages of 6 months and 2 years receive a COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy announced <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">on May 27 that the CDC&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3422650\/cdc-covid-vaccine-schedule-pregnant-women-healthy-children\/\" target=\"_blank\">rescinded federal COVID-19 vaccine recommendations<\/a>&nbsp;for all pregnant women and healthy children. In late August, the Food and Drug Administration approved the COVID-19 vaccine for people over <\/span>the age of 65 but&nbsp;limited approval for younger people&nbsp;to only those with underlying conditions, a move that could leave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3784678\/fda-approve-covid-vaccines-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">millions<\/a> of people in limbo for approval.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom&rsquo;s office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2025\/09\/17\/following-trumps-politicization-of-cdc-west-coast-states-issue-unified-vaccine-recommendations-california-breaks-from-future-federal-guidance-with-new-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in its press release on the alliance&rsquo;s recommendations that Kennedy&rsquo;s oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services is dismantling &ldquo;science-based oversight.&rdquo; However, HHS communications director Andrew Nixon said the department follows &ldquo;Gold Standard Science,&rdquo; referencing President Donald Trump&rsquo;s May <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/05\/restoring-gold-standard-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">executive order<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrat-run states that pushed unscientific school lockdowns, toddler mask mandates, and draconian vaccine passports during the COVID era completely eroded the American people&rsquo;s trust in public health agencies,&rdquo; Nixon said in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;ACIP remains the scientific body guiding immunization recommendations in this country, and HHS will ensure policy is based on rigorous evidence and Gold Standard Science, not the failed politics of the pandemic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The CDC&rsquo;s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, is set to meet this week to discuss the measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella, or MMRV, vaccines, the Hepatitis B vaccine, and the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a draft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/acip\/downloads\/agendas\/draft-posted-2025-09-12-508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3808620\/cdc-new-vaccine-board-members-childhood-schedule-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDC NAMES FIVE NEW VACCINE BOARD MEMBERS DAYS AHEAD OF PIVOTAL MEETING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The alliance&rsquo;s vaccine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/CDPH%20Document%20Library\/Immunization\/IMM-1481.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recommendations<\/a> align with the CDC&rsquo;s <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">regarding who should receive the respiratory syncytial virus<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/rsv\/vaccines\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">, or RSV<\/a><\/span>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/hcp\/acip\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flu<\/a> vaccines. A complete list of the alliance&rsquo;s published vaccine recommendations is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/CDPH%20Document%20Library\/Immunization\/IMM-1481.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The alliance says its recommendations for the three vaccines for the 2025-2026 virus season <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">align with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3782259\/heart-disease-covid-cdc-recommendation\/\" target=\"_blank\">guidance<\/a>&nbsp;from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3759785\/children-covid-19-vaccines-american-academy-of-pediatrics\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Academy of Pediatrics<\/a>, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the&nbsp;<\/span>American Academy of Family Physicians.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As a physician, I swore an oath to do no harm &mdash; and we know vaccines are among the most powerful tools to prevent illness and save lives,&rdquo; Oregon Health Authority Director Sejal Hathi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2025\/09\/17\/following-trumps-politicization-of-cdc-west-coast-states-issue-unified-vaccine-recommendations-california-breaks-from-future-federal-guidance-with-new-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement. &ldquo;At a time when Washington is undermining our most basic public health safeguards, Oregon is charting a different course. Our actions today affirm that here, public health is about protecting people, not playing politics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/monarez-warns-vaccine-changes-possible-without-permanent-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MONAREZ WARNS OF VACCINE CHANGES POSSIBLE WITHOUT A PERMANENT DIRECTOR IN PLACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is still unclear whether insurance companies in the four states would be required to cover vaccines for groups not covered by HHS&rsquo;s federal recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The alliance published its recommendations on the same day that former CDC Director Susan Monarez, who clashed with Kennedy over vaccine policies, testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue states issue own vaccine rules, defying RFK Jr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2487927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/newsom-2.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[42793,32068,50401,63577,63576],"class_list":["post-2487926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-blue-states","tag-public-health","tag-rfk-jr-2","tag-state-guidelines","tag-vaccine-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/newsom-2.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2487926"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2487930,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487926\/revisions\/2487930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2487927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2487926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2487926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2487926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}