Oct.30 2021

https://www.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/qHhLFTNvw73oGntli8Zf-WSJNewsPaper-10-30-2021.pdf p.A5 small news item

IOWA Vaccine-Exemption Bill Takes Effect

Iowa Gov.Kim Reynolds on Friday signed into law a bill that allows Iowa workers to seek medical and religious exemptions from Covid-19 vaccine mandates and guarantees that those who are fired for refusing a vaccine will qualify for unemployment benefits.

Ms. Reynolds signed the bill a day after the Iowa Legislature passed it in a one-day special session convened to pass the state’s redistricting maps. The law becomes effective immediately. Ms. Reynolds has opposed government requirements for masks and vaccines, even though Covid-19 has killed nearly 7,000 people in Iowa and medical science has shown both tools to be effective in reducing the spread of the coronavirus.

She said that “no Iowan should be forced to lose their job or livelihood over the Covid-19 vaccine.”

—Associated Press