Iowa Governor declares it’s time to treat coronavirus like flu and goes onto end all COVID emergency orders. The lockdown reaction to COVID-19 was mainly unsuccessful at rescuing people from the virus.
Iowa's journey from health emergency to legal normalcy will be completed this month, with Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds declaring this week that the state's final COVID-19 emergency measures will be lifted.
Reynolds, like many of the governors, reacted to the pandemic in 2020 by imposing emergency decrees that shut down businesses and prevented people from meeting outside their homes. Last February, Reynolds revoked the most onerous of the regulations, imploring Iowans to be responsible for their own health care choices.
According to the Washington Times, Reynolds said on Thursday that she would let her leftover emergency declarations expire on February 15. Amongst the adjustments will be the elimination of regulations pertaining to "lingering workforce issues" that she...