The nation’s four West Coast states on Wednesday recommended that all adults and children concerned about the respiratory season can receive the COVID-19 vaccine and other common inoculations.

Unlike past years, the new COVID vaccines are no longer available to everyone 6 months and older, according to the Pfizer news release. Instead, the FDA is restricting access to COVID shots to people at higher risk for severe illness.

As confusion grows around COVID-19 access amid controversial moves by the CDC and FDA, states are taking matters into their own hands.

California’s COVID surge is showing signs of peaking as the state pushes back against federal guidelines that some say have jeopardized access to vaccines.

The California Department of Public Health announced on Wednesday official immunization recommendations for COVID-19, RSV and influenza.Video above: Governor Newsom speaks on mental health crisis and Charlie Kirk’s death State public health officials informed Californians that immunizations are effective,

While some COVID indicators are rising in California, others are starting to fall — a hint that the summer wave may start to decline soon.