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Going on that state leaders are attending. i get that they're vaccinated, but we're past the point right now where anybody can safely really gather based on the numbers. and so, you know, i'm not a scientist, i'm a mental health therapist, but i see a momentary pause where we could get this under control, to get our health care workers some relief, and to protect our teachers and our students, you know, just a momentary pause where everybody could make a sacrifice, is going to help us years down the road when we have less disability, less trauma, less people unable to work because of what they...

Of people that have been so loud against mask mandates. >> veronica, i want to give some context to our audience who might not be in your state, which is that the vaccination rate in your state is at 37%, it ranks second in the country for new cases per capita according to johns hopkins. those numbers of course not where you would want them to be. in your opinion, what more needs to be done in arkansas to make it safer for you, for your kids, for educators, for everyone who is walking into those school buildings? >> well, i would like to see people doing -- one, getting vaccinated, if you can....

What he did, and unfortunately, you know, they decided not to amend the law. but fortunately, we had a judge who saw what we did and we won our first step in taking back the power to protect our most vulnerable. >> let's talk about that lawsuit, veronica. it seeks, quote, protection from an irrational act of legislative madness which threatens k-12 schoolchildren with irreparable harm. tell me why you felt legal recourse was your best option. >> we are very aware of the way the legislative session went this year. we know that they passed a lot of laws that were meant to harm certain groups of ...

That, you know, nobody was stepping in to say what needed to be said, is that we're about to send all of our children back into the schools and they have no way to be protected. and so, you know, we explored a lot of different options. we wrote letters, we called. and asa of course just kept saying, you know, my hands are tied. and then on the other side of that we knew that with the special session, it would be just a game to them. and so while we have some powerhouse fighters in there that try to stand up for the good things, it's just at this point the legislature is kind of a joke. >> vero...