Reminder: Zach Lahn Promised To Ban All mRNA Vaccines, Including a Lifesaving Skin Cancer Treatment in Iowa
1,500 Iowans will be diagnosed with melanoma in 2026
DES MOINES – A new groundbreaking study found that mRNA vaccines prevent “cancer from coming back or spreading in … high-risk melanoma patients” and are a “new life-extending treatment” for people battling skin cancer. It’s more proof that Kansas carpetbagger and career political operative Zach Lahn’s promise to ban all mRNA vaccines in Iowa makes him too dangerous and extreme to be governor.
Cancer and water quality have become a central issue in the governor’s race, but Lahn has no real plan to address Iowa’s high cancer rates. Instead, he has come under fire for working for corporate polluters and supporting “cuts to cancer research funding and rural healthcare … undercut[ting] Lahn’s message on fighting cancer.” Lahn has also “cast himself as the heir to” Kim Reynolds’ failed status quo, including her legacy of downplaying and doing nothing to address Iowa’s cancer crisis.
Lahn has “called for banning all mRNA vaccines” in Iowa:
- Lahn said he would “absolutely,” “100 percent” ban “any mRNA vaccine in Iowa.”
- Lahn said he wants “to end vaccine requirements to attend schools, a position that has concerned public health experts who fear a resurgence of preventable diseases” like measles.
- Lahn defended banning mRNA vaccines as “a pro-life issue.”
- Lahn touted an endorsement from Stand for Health Freedom, “which advocates against vaccine mandates.”
From Iowa Democratic Party spokesperson Terra Hernandez:
“Kansas carpetbagger and career political operative Zach Lahn wants to rip lifesaving cancer treatments away from Iowans and make our state sicker in the process. Iowa needs real solutions to confront the cancer crisis, but Lahn is too busy pushing extreme conspiracy theories and pledging to continue Kim Reynolds’ failed status quo.”
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