What's the matter with Iowa? Gov. Kim Reynolds turns Hawkeye State into Trump's petri dish

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Coronavirus is surging in the Corn Belt, but our Trump-loving governor wants to order all kids back to school


JEFF BIGGERS
JULY 21, 2020 11:00AM (UTC)

On the same day that Iowa marked its highest number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, after three weeks of rapid increase, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds defended her refusal to pass a statewide mask requirement and issued a proclamation mandating that all public schools provide in-person classes within weeks.

Employing the Orwellian rhetoric of the Trump administration, Reynolds hailed the "important milestones in our recovery," just as an unpublished report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force ranked Iowa as one of 18 "red zone" states that lacked stringent enough mask rules and social-distancing regulations.

It gets stranger: Iowans can't even visit Chicago now, according to a new emergency travel rule imposed by the Chicago Department of Public Health, unless they agree to a 14-day quarantine.

Iowa is not just a state in denial — it's quickly descendng into a state of negligence.

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https://www.salon.com/2020/07/21/whats-the-matter-with-iowa-gov-kim-reynolds-turns-hawkeye-state-into-trumps-petri-dish/

[JT45242]

1. Don't forget test limiting

She issued an order yesterday limiting testing to one hour or one hundred tests given in some communities whichever comes first.

She is all in on 'there are no cases if you don't test."

The really scary thing is that she was just re-elected. She doesn't have to worry about any backlash for years, so she could choose to do the right thing. But nope, she has tied herself to Trump and as we all know -- everything that Trump touches dies. She might be hoping for a cushy job higher up -- but the GOP is about to implode. Her actions will lead to many deaths which will likely cost her party Joni Ernst as well as the electoral college votes.

[beachbumbob]

2. people have a tendency not to forget when lives are being endangered, especailly their kids

the blow back will be monumental

[eppur_se_muova]

3. What a gross mental image. Worse, it's deadly. nt