Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds says the state will get a boost in COVID-19 vaccine starting next week, however demand still far exceeds the current supply.
JOHNSTON - Gov. Kim Reynolds administration arranged coronavirus testing for employees at the suburban office of a large pork company whose owners are her top donors, underscoring allegations that her wealthy supporters have received special treatment.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday she will make no apologies for how her administration handled the deployment of coronavirus testing strike teams last year despite reports showing the state arranged testing at businesses associated with some of her top donors.
Reynolds said any criticism of preferential treatment is unjustified. She said the state had targeted long-term care facilities and segments of the food supply chain and didn t turn away any of the companies that requested aid. If you called and wanted to try to facilitate a way to get your employees tested so that you could ensure them that they were working in a safe environment that s what companies were doing, she said during a Wednesday news conference. We were doing everything that we could to facilitate that, and I will make no apologies for doing that.
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The 2021 program year for the PorkBridge educational series begins Feb. 4 and continues every-other-month for six total sessions. The series is provided through a cooperative effort of 15 colleges and universities from the nation’s major swine producing states including Kansas State University.
“Producers and others in the industry can get the information they need without the hassle of traveling or giving up an entire day to attend a meeting,” said Joel DeRouchey, Kansas State University professor and extension swine specialist. “PorkBridge participants can take part at home, in an office or in the swine unit, wherever it works best for them. And all participants can listen later to the audio we record of each live session.”
The segment earlier on in the show was presented as an interview with CEO Dennis Organ on the process of coronavirus vaccines being distributed to food workers at the company, which had an outbreak of coronavirus cases at one of its plants.
However, as it was later revealed, Bartiromo was actually speaking to Direct Action Everywhere activist Matt Johnson, who remained in character as Organ for the nearly six minute interview.
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During the segment, Johnson acting as Organ said the food processing company has had a series of abuses to public health, animals, the environment and its own workers, adding that “the first change under my leadership is transparency and at times brutal honesty.”