California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced just one day after the U.S. officially withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO) that his state would become the first to join the organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, in a seeming rebuke of the Trump administration’s withdrawal from international collaborations.

Newsom traveled this week to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he was scheduled to speak at an event but was canceled at the last moment. During his trip, he met with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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[+] 25 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Don’t they grow most of the food?

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    The West Coast grows most of the money. They can buy food.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Read the comment again, they’re talking about the farming parts of California not wanting to joined the rest of the state in leaving.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    There is precedent for an import economy for California - we already are an effective energy bubble (importing the majority of our oil from tankers) due to our geographical separation from the rest of the US.

    That being said, I would place my money on our population centers using their economic power to "convince" the farming parts of California to stick around.

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