SACRAMENTO (KABC) -- As the turmoil surrounding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues on Capitol Hill, a coalition of West Coast states are breaking away from federal health policies and uniting to offer their own vaccine guidelines for people who live in California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii.

This comes as a newly-formed CDC advisory panel prepares to vote on its own immunization guidelines on Thursday.

"In the face of federal leadership that has completely failed us, the West Coast is taking action," said Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The governor said the purging of all 17 members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee makes it difficult to trust any federal recommendations.

The West Coast Alliance issued their own joint vaccine guidance ahead of the winter respira

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