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continues to defend her decision not to issue a stay-at-home order - KCCI's Chris Gothner tells us why she believes such a move would have a number of downsides. He's live tonight - in Des Moines. (áááCHRISááá) Steve, she's been facing mounting pressure to issue such an order. Including from the President's point man on COVID-19. <"THIS BECOME DIVISIVE ISSUE AT A TIEM TIME WHERE WE MUST BE UNITED,"> At her daily news conference Friday, Governor Reynolds defended herself against critics who say she should order Iowans to stay home. A day after the state áfinally released the benchmarks that would go into an order. And a day after President Trump's COVID-19 advisor, Doctor Anthony Fauci criticized state leaders who haven't made an order. < IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. WE REALLY SHOULD BE."> The governor responded. <YOU KNOW MAYBE HE DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AGAIN. YOU CAN'T JUST LOOK AT A MAP AND ASSUME THAT NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN. THAT IS COMPLETELY FALSE> Reynolds reiterated steps she's áalready taken. She says they're broadly equivalent to an order. <"WE HAVE CLOSED DOWN SCHOOLS AND WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE THAT THROUGH MARCH 30, IS HE AWARE OF THE VARIOUS BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED RESTAURANTS AND BARS THROUGH APRIL 30 THAT WE IMPLEMENTED NO SOCIAL GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE"> In response to a reporter's question -- the Governor says she believes a stay- home order would have downsides. <MENTAL WELLBEING, WE ARE A CONNECTED COMMUNITY, ABUSE, ETC. She says she's relying o hard data - - and hasn't rejected any advice from Iowa's top health officials. <THEY ARE THE EXPERTS> (áááCHRISááá) The governor continued to advise Iowans to stay home whenever possible and continue proper handwashing and social distancing techniques. She says the state continues to work on getting health care workers personal protective equipment. Live

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Gov. Kim Reynolds remains strong in her decision to not order a shelter-in-place. Dr. Anthony Fauci said he didn't understand why every state hadn't issued a shelter-in-place, in which Reynolds said he might not have all the information. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and White House adviser, made the statement on CNN. "I don't understand why (shelter-in-place is) not happening," Fauci said. "But if you look at what's going on in this country, I just don't understand why we're not doing that."When asked about Fauci's recommendation, Reynolds said he may not have all the information. "Maybe (Fauci) doesn't have all the information," Reynolds said. "You can't just look at a map and assume that no action has been taken. That is completely false." She listed off the actions she has taken in her emergency proclamation since the first case came to Iowa. "I would say to him, does he recognize that we have closed down schools," Reynolds said. "Is he aware of the various businesses that have been closed, the restaurants and bars that have been closed through April 30. We have implemented no social gatherings of more than 10 people. That we have added additional closures to the orders that I have put in place based on data and metrics that we daily look at and move forward." On Friday the governor announced 85 new positive COVID-19 cases bringing the total to 699 positive cases and 11 deaths. For a map of the counties impacted, click here. Iowa is one of five states that did not have a shelter-in-place including North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Arkansas. Multiple Iowa medical professionals have asked Gov. Reynolds to order a shelter-in-place including the Iowa Board of Medicine who voted unanimously Friday to ask Reynolds to order a shelter-in-place. Reynolds will also be offering her daily press conferences at 11 a.m. instead of 2:30 p.m.