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TexasTowelie

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Tue Feb 9, 2021, 07:15 AM Feb 2021

Gov. Reynolds did not consult state health department before lifting COVID restrictions, Iowa

Gov. Reynolds did not consult state health department before lifting COVID restrictions, Iowa Democrats say


DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds did not consult her own public health department before lifting Iowa’s remaining COVID-19 mitigation strategies, including its partial face mask mandate, the agency’s director told Democratic lawmakers Monday.

During a weekly briefing on the state’s pandemic response, Democratic lawmakers asked Iowa Department of Public Health Director Kelly Garcia whether Reynolds consulted the agency before the governor on Friday lifted the state’s remaining pandemic mitigation strategies.

Garcia told the legislators the department was not consulted on the decision — that the governor made that decision on her own, the Democrats said.

Dr. Caitlin Pedati, the state epidemiologist, was also on the weekly call, the Democrats said.

Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/health/iowa-covid-restrictions-mask-mandate-rules-lifted-gov-kim-reynolds-20210208
(Cedar Rapids Gazette)
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Gov. Reynolds did not consult state health department before lifting COVID restrictions, Iowa (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2021 OP
Of COURSE she didn't! She's a Republican, doesn't need to! hatrack Feb 2021 #1
That demonstrates really bad judgment. LastDemocratInSC Feb 2021 #2

LastDemocratInSC

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2. That demonstrates really bad judgment.
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 08:19 AM
Feb 2021

She'll end up keeping the infection rates at a slow boil instead of stopping them.

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