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While the Minister of Health and Humanitarian Services, Robert F. Kennedy Junior to dismantle the policy of federal vaccines in Rale centers of disease control and prevention, some countries that are led by democracy have come out alone, Preparing new systems To help them assess science and maintain the fortification of their residents.

Four Western states – California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington – Created Collaborate Keep access to vaccines. Many of the northeastern states did The same thing.

New York Governor declared “Emergency at the state level“This allows pharmacists to give Covid-19 vaccines without a separate prescription. Minnesota has changed, and Massachusetts is Insurance companies require To pay in exchange for the vaccines recommended by the Health Department, not only those recommended by the Disease Control Center.

Changes are a major shift in the Public Health Authority from the federal government to the states. Traditionally, the countries looked at the Center for Disease Control of Experience and Guidance on Public Health Issues – including, as well as vaccines and safety in the workplace, watering of water, switching and sexually transmitted infections.

Now, amid fears that Kennedy is Under confidence In vaccines and public health sciences, some states plan new paths, and seek to obtain new sources of scientific consensus and change how to organize insurance companies, recipes and pharmacists.

Colorado was at the forefront of this wave. On September 3, state officials issued a Stand To allow pharmacists to present Kofid clips Without individual recipes.

“I will not allow ridiculous and costly red decisions or decisions that have been taken in Washington to prevent Colonadan from reaching vaccines,” he said. Democratic ruler Jared Police.

But Colorado’s leadership was already clearing the way for more autonomy for the policy of vaccine for several months.

In March, the state legislative body voted Changing Therefore, the state can consider scientific sources unlike the federal government when setting the requirements of the school vaccine.

He said: “You can see writing on the wall that it has become excessively eclipse instead of relying on the actual science with this new HHS exit.” Senator Kyle Molica.

Molica, who participated in the care of the new law, is democracy and works as an emergency room nurse in the Denver region.

Colorado is among the first states to change its laws to allow it to recommend vaccinations based on sources other than the center of diseases. The State Health Council can now consult the leading medical groups, such as American Academy of Pediatricsand The American Academy of Family DoctorsAnd The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

“We decided to protect Colorado,” Moliaa said, so “he will not be subject to the political turmoil that we see now.”

The Democratic Legislative Council approved the draft law in a semi -Partik vote. Police fell in the law in April After praise Kennedy’s choice last fall.

“Colorado I think it really leads the road.” David HiggensA pediatrician at the University of Colorado and was part of a group of stakeholders helped to formulate the draft law.

Higgins referred to a Bill RafikHe was signed in May, which he said was stronger. It deals with the insurance coverage of preventive health care services, with the aim of ensuring that the insurance plans organized by the state cover the cost of some vaccines, regardless of future moves by the Center for Disease Control.

“Effectively, it is supposed to help ensure access to vaccines to vaccines,” he said.

The Colorado Health Defense Branch, the Kennedy’s Qazi’s Anti -Defense Group, did not respond to HHS, to request a comment.

Other participation sponsorship in the first draft law, a democratic state Representative Lindsay GilkerstHe said that trading a lot of wrong information about vaccines, including Covid, makes it important to hear from a group of reliable medical experts.

Colorado had previously looked at the Center for Disease Control for Scientific Guidance on Vaccines, especially for children who are entering school. Like other states, the recommendations of the CDC committee are tracked as the Consulting Committee for Immunization Practices.

Kennedy launched All 17 members in June and replaced them with 12 new appoinals, some of whom warn critics of skeptics in vaccines and are not qualified to provide critical instructions to the Americans.

“I think confusion will lie is the difference in the recommendations between ACIP, who traditionally we narrate, then everyone,” said Ned Kalong, chief medical official at Colorado.

It is expected that the national professional doctors’ groups that have now been enabled to consult them in their comprehensive guidelines and will be considered in the recent recommendations based on the evidence made by ACIP “before replacing its members.

in May, Kennedy announced The federal government has removed Covid vaccines from the list of recommended shots for healthy women and children.

But Colorado is still recommending the Kofid vaccine during pregnancy.

“There was no new evidence of safety issues in these population,” Calong said. Therefore, we tell the service providers that our recommendation is to continue to follow up the recommendation as it was in January 2025. “

in statement On its website, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has highly recommended that they were vaccinated against Covid. “ACOG still recommends that all pregnant individuals and patients receive a Covid-19 vaccine or” supporter “.

Likewise, the American Academy of Pediatrics Recommended in August All children between the ages of 6 to 23 months are vaccinated against Kovid, as well as older children in certain risk groups.

Currently, Colorado follows the same immunization recommendations that he used last year.

The last ACIP meeting, on September 18 and 19, Be a messyWith members admitting that they did not understand what they were voting for, and until they chose to re -vote on the arrival of the mmrv vaccine for children. The next ACIP meeting is scheduled to be held on October 22 and 23 and may lead to additional changes to vaccine recommendations.

Doctors and vaccine scientists have expressed his warning of the national consensus on vaccines.

“There will now be more ambiguity and lack of confidence in vaccines between the public,” he said, he said, “He said Alison KempProfessor of Pediatrics at the College of Medicine at the University of Colorado, who worked in ACIP from 2013 to 2018.

However, she said she was happy in Colorado making her own recommendations.

This article of partnership includes Radio Colorado Generaland NPRAnd KFF Health News.