California Chooses to Take on Federal Government on Public Health Issues
California, led by Democratic governor Gavin Newsom, has decided to break with the federal positions on public health and has resolved to stand by policies backed by science rather than the controversial positions being taken by the federal government through its health secretary R. F. Kennedy Jr. Many see the policies being pushed by the federal administration as misinformation and politicization of matters that should entirely be based on rigorous science. For example, Kennedy has linked autism to vaccination despite the lack of solid scientific data backing such a claim. Policy decisions like changing vaccine mandates have been seen as taking the country backwards from the…
