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Zach Wahls: “The best way to [return to normalcy] continues to be by…”

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Iowa Senate Minority Leader Zach Wahls

Published February 10, 2022 | Video Starts at 21:23

I mean, is it time to just, you know, stop treating it like an emergency or how do you move forward with it and does that have effect on people running for election? Clay, I think we all want a return to normalcy. The best way to [return to normalcy] continues to be by getting as many Iowans vaccinated as possible. I've been very glad to see case rates are coming down from the peak of the Omicron surge. (21:23–21:29)

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Asserts that increasing vaccination rates is key to returning to normalcy.

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