The move is the latest in a series of actions Colorado has undertaken amid shakeup in federal health policy
DENVER — Colorado has been accepted into a network of more than 360 institutions as the state seeks to stay ahead of emerging public health threats following the withdrawal of the U.S. from the World Health Organization earlier this year.
“We are thrilled to join the World Health Organization’s GOARN network, especially during a time when federal public health guidance is becoming less consistent,” Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement Wednesday. “Disease does not stop at borders, and this partnership helps ensure Colorado is better prepared to protect people and respond quickly to emerging threats.”
The WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert Response Network, or GOARN, is a global partnership established by the international public health body in 2000. Its goal is to facilitate data sharing and expertise from hundreds of institutions “for rapid identification, confirmation of and response to public health emergencies of international importance.”
I guess not but I could see the feds having a problem with this, especially this current crop of feds.
Lots (all?) of US states have “not-treaty” international agreements, and messing with that would create an amount of chaos no reasonab… never mind, I realised the problem with my line of thought.
I can just hear Fox or OAN breathlessly describing how the evil liberals in Colorado are giving Americans’ health data to the evil Illuminati One World Government against the wishes of Glorious Leader
As a Coloradan, the Feds can go shove something pointy in their puckered stinkholes if they don’t like it.