Governors from 15 blue states, including Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, have formed what’s being described as a “shadow” public health alliance to counter the edicts of U.S. Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The news, first reported by The Wall Street Journal , confirms an earlier announcement by Healey that the Bay State intended to go its own way on access to vaccines.

"We are taking a stand. We are a health care leader, and we’re not going to let the Trump administration or Robert Kennedy cost lives and take us down when others fail to do their job,” Healey said at a news conference at the State House in Boston last month.

At that same news conference, Healey telegraphed the formation of the interstate compact, saying Massachusetts intended to enter into a partner

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