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Flavia Manganese Colgan
Flavia Mangan Kolgan was a political commentator on MSNBC and correspondent for the early CBS show. She works in the non -profit sector and lives in San Diego.
Eric Schmelzer
Eric Schmelzer is a political consultant based in Los Angeles. He was a press secretary of a representative Jerry Danler from New York and the presidential campaign of Governor of Vermont Howard Dean.
While governor Gavin Newo effectively restores parts of Los Angeles damaged by fires, he leaves the state unprepared for another potential crisis.
The Trump Administration used the Ministry of Government of Elon Musk or Dog to reduce key agencies for public health. National Health Institutes have seen funding and 1,165 major staff firedS Thehe Disease Control and Prevention Centers fired 1,300 expertsIncluding those who identify occurring diseases such as bird flu.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. even hinted at In major overhaul of the graphics for childhood vaccination. The recent explosion of deadly measles that has reached about 300 cases emphasizes the potential for widespread.
Yet the Newsom 2025-26 budget inexplicable redundancies State public health operations with over $ 20 million, even after the budget offered from 2023-2024, it turned out to be Too smallS
Although the governor has suggested a California program to produce his own insulin, she is now slowed downS There is also no plan for what happens if the Food and Drug Administration cancels vaccine permits or if Kennedy orders the CDC to change the vaccine schedules.
Kennedy is already interfering with vaccine policy. A meeting of the CDC Advisory Committee on immunization practices has been postponed, and Kennedy plans to remove several membersS It is unclear how California can maintain vaccine requirements in schools, especially with neighboring countries that potentially have different percentages of vaccination.
California Outbreak plans At best, they are opaque. This is not something to turn later. Action must now be taken and a plan for families must be reported. The governor must lead California in the preparation for the coming health crisis.
The Newsom Governor must seek emergency resources and significantly increase the state budget to combat infectious diseases. While his budget adds 15 positions to the California Department for the monitoring of public health diseases, this alone will not be enough to compensate for the gutting of federal agencies.
NEWSOM should prioritize the hiring of fired CDC, NIH and HHS employees to use their experience and isolate Californians from outbreaks.
NEWSOM also needs to come up with a partnership strategy with medicinal companies for the production of vaccines in California or produce them independently – even if the FDA cancels the permit.
Legally, this will require creative thinking, a potentially new California law for the approval of the vaccine. This could allow the state to maintain vaccine requirements in schools and even trade or sell vaccines to other states by reducing costs.
And Newsom must direct all state health agencies to establish direct and consistent communication with their colleagues in other countries. One of Trump’s first actions was to order federal agencies to stop all communication out. Federal agencies cannot be relied upon to share accurate, timely information.
Cooperation between the state will be crucial to identifying the emerging health threats that federal employees can ignore.
President Trump and the architects of the 2025 project showed creative ways to destroy the federal government. Kennedy follows a suit, dismantling systems that contain infectious diseases.
NEWSOM needs to think just as creative to protect California from these destructive plans. Our lives can depend on it.
