States Explore Fighting Back Against RFK Jr. And Trump By Buying Vaccines Themselves
Several states are looking at fighting back against Trump and RFK Jr.'s limiting of vaccines by buying the vaccines and distributing them themselves.
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States with Democratic governors aren’t about to allow Trump and RFK Jr. to make COVID and other illnesses great again by gutting the national vaccine program without a fight.
It has been Democrats at the state level, whether they are governors or attorneys general, who have led the fight against the Trump administration.
The trend is continuing after RFK Jr. restricted millions of Americans from getting the COVID vaccine.
According to The New Republic:
Pritzker’s health department in Illinois is currently exploring the possibility of purchasing Covid-19 vaccines in bulk straight from manufacturers in response to the mess in Washington, a senior Illinois health official confirms to me. Meanwhile, a coalition of mostly-blue states led by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is planning to coordinate on the purchase and distribution of pediatric vaccines, should the federal governme…
