With half of adult Iowans fully vaccinated against COVID-19, hospitalizations due to the disease down 90% from their height, and viral activity lower than it has been in nearly a year, "it is time to lean further into normal," Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday.
Reynolds spoke Wednesday from the Food Bank of Iowa warehouse, where officials announced the "scaling back" of the Feeding Iowa Task Force. The task force was formed at the start of the pandemic to connect food producers, nonprofits and state agencies to help Iowans facing food insecurity.
The Republican governor also emphasized her decision to end Iowa's participation in the federal government's supplemental unemployment insurance program. The extra $300 in weekly unemployment pay was needed at the beginning of the pandemic, she said, but now Iowa needs workers.