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Reynolds misguided decisions caused a crisis
Lorin Dudley
Jan. 9, 2022 6:00 am
Gov. Kim Reynolds is spending $9 million of our hard-earned dollars at $330 per hour to a Kansas company for out-of-state nurses to help us out of an avoidable crisis.
If hospital staff vaccinations had been required, few would have become sick and taken time off or quit due to unsafe working conditions. Workers could have received hazard pay to stay, at less cost, and this crisis is avoided.
How would you feel if the temporary worker next to you was being paid 10 times as much to do the same job?
The governor's misguided decisions have cost our hospitals, economy, and population greatly. If she was my financial adviser, she would have been fired two years ago.
Who is she working for? No us.
Lorin Dudley
Iowa City
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