Gov. Newsom Announces Fired Former CDC Officials Will Lead New CA Public Health Exchange

California Governor Gavin Newsom is stuck on stupid. He has just announced that the fired CDC officials who created the mandates which forced Americans to take the Covid vaccine, wear face masks indoors and outdoors, socially distance six feet from any other human in a public place – he’s hired them to run a new public health agency, despite their previous firings under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Yet, in 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom said criticism of California’s tough Covid-19 restrictions was valid and he would have taken an entirely different approach, given what he knows now about the pandemic, in a Politico article.

“I think we would’ve done everything differently,” Newsom said in an interview for NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Now Gov. Newsom flips and doubles down on the worst of the worst public health policies.

Newsom is still pushing the Covid vaccine. Even after Newsom’s three years of Covid lockdowns, mandatory masking, social distancing and mandatory Covid vaccines, Newsom, three Western States Governors, and the California Department of Public Health claims “Following Trump’s politicization of CDC, West Coast states issue unified vaccine recommendations — California breaks from future federal guidance with new law.”

These Democrat tyrants have formed a weird alliance to push back against the very necessary reforms made by real doctors and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to dismantle the Big Pharma control of the CDC, HHS and FDA.

On Sunday, Gov. Newsom’s communications team sent an email announcing that he was hiring disgraced and fired former Center for Disease Control and Prevention officials “who were fired or resigned as part of the Trump administration’s purge of science.”

I posted this on X Sunday:

Gov. @CAgovernor Newsom doubling down on STUPID: announcing the expansion of ‘California’s science-based public health leadership’ with former/fired CDC officials.’ This ought to be rich. The CDC which brought us the Covid vax, mandatory masking, social distancing is now claiming ‘science-based public health leadership.’

Gov. @CAgovernor Newsom doubling down on STUPID: announcing the expansion of 'California’s science-based public health leadership' with former/fired CDC officials.'
This ought to be rich. The CDC which brought us the Covid vax, mandatory masking, social distancing is now claiming… pic.twitter.com/tiVlW5e4b8

— California Globe (@CaliforniaGlobe) December 15, 2025

Here’s the Governor’s scoop (from the “You can’t make this sh*t up file”):

“California is bringing on former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez and recent CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry to launch the Public Health Network Innovation Exchange (PHNIX). PHNIX will work to move California and the nation forward despite the CDC’s retreat from science under the Trump administration and strengthen public health innovation, collaboration, and communication at the state, national, and global level.”

Remember (now fired/ousted) CDC official Susan Monarez who lied during testimony in Congress? Sen. Rand Paul forced Monarez to admit the truth: “The Covid vaccine never stopped transmission. They lied. They coerced. They mandated. They destroyed lives—based on a claim they knew wasn’t true.”

Rand Paul just forced ousted CDC official Susan Monarez to admit the truth:

The Covid vaccine never stopped transmission.

They lied. They coerced. They mandated. They destroyed lives—based on a claim they knew wasn’t true.
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— Dr. Simone Gold (@drsimonegold) September 18, 2025

“‘Susan Monarez was fired as the CDC’s director and Dr. Debra Houry resigned as the agency’s chief medical officer and deputy director over disputes about changes at the agency. The two will work with California’s public health department to help build trust in “science-driven decision-making,’ Newsom’s office said,” the Associated Press reported.

“We’re not just wringing our hands right now — we’re fighting back,” Newsom said at a news conference Monday. “This is a substantive response to what is not happening in Washington. California has increasingly positioned itself as a counterweight to federal health policy…”

What in fresh hell is going on?

According to the Governor:

“Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the launch of the Public Health Network Innovation Exchange (PHNIX), a new California-led initiative to modernize public health infrastructure and maintain trust in science-driven decision-making. To lead this work, the state is engaging some of the nation’s most respected public health voices to consult on this initiative, including Dr. Susan Monarez, former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Dr. Debra Houry, former CDC Chief Medical Officer; and Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, founder and CEO of Your Local Epidemiologist.

“These national leaders will work alongside the Governor and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to drive public health innovation, strengthen collaboration across states and institutions, and improve how critical health information is communicated — filling the vacuum left by the Trump administration’s systematic retreat from science and evidence-based public health. PHNX will serve as a hub for advancing modern tools, best-in-class science, and coordinated responses to emerging health threats.”

So Gavin Newsom is presenting an obscene hand gesture at the Trump Administration. Again.

The AP reported: “California has increasingly positioned itself as a counterweight to federal health policy…”

Gov. Newsom’s press release continues:

“Dr. Monarez, a globally recognized leader in health innovation, biomedical technology, and global health security, is the most recent CDC Director — appointed by President Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate — and will serve as a Strategic Health Technology and Funding Advisor for PHNIX. In that role, she will lead the development of relationships and collaborations with private sector, technology, and academic partners. These partnerships will advance technological innovations that can be explored in California and potentially scaled nationally to improve public health data integration within the health care system, allowing for more timely and efficient disease monitoring and response. Innovation in technology and funding will promote sustainability of public health amidst the changing landscape for federal support and systems.”

Here is Monarez spinning her web:

California is bringing on former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez to launch the Public Health Network Innovation Exchange (PHNIX). PHNIX will work to move California and the nation forward despite the CDC’s retreat from science under the Trump admin.

Learn more about today’s… pic.twitter.com/OleufJsCTN

— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) December 15, 2025

Gov. Newsom’s communication team posted:

“California is bringing on former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez to launch the Public Health Network Innovation Exchange (PHNIX). PHNIX will work to move California and the nation forward despite the CDC’s retreat from science under the Trump admin.”

Ah… “PHNIX will work to move California and the nation forward despite the CDC’s retreat from science under the Trump admin.”

It’s all about Donald Trump. This is level nine Trump Derangement Syndrome.

As Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert recently explained, the obsessive political preoccupation with President Donald Trump aligns with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders:

• persistent intrusive thoughts
• emotional dysregulation
• impaired functioning
• sleepless nights
• compulsive news checking
• physical agitation

“Many confess they can’t stop thinking about Donald Trump even when they try. They interpret his every move as a threat to democracy and to their own safety and control,” Dr. Alpert said.

And now Governor Gavin Newsom is creating a new public health agency/exchange in California with disgraced, lying former CDC physicians to poke at the President and his HHS Secretary.

As we asked in June, “At this rate, why don’t all 50 states determine their own vaccine mandates and schedules?”