Decision to roll back Clay County stay-at-home order causes disagreement

A decision to roll back a stay at home order in Clay County, Missouri has led to disagreement among Kansas City area political and health leaders – who’ve remained mostly united on a regional front to fight COVID-19.

YESTERDAY.SO MANY BUSINESSES CLOSE BUT SOMANY LIVES AND THE LIE, I’MALWAYS INTO SQUIRRELY BE FOCUSEDON HOW DO WE PROTECT LIVES ANDKANSAS CITY THURSDAY, KANSASCITY, MISSOURI, MAYOR QUINTONLUCAS DISAGREEING WITH THE CLAYCOUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTROLLING BACK THE COUNTYSTAY-AT-HOME ORDER TO MAY 3RD,BUT MORE THAN 130,000 PEOPLE INBOTH JURISDICTIONS WILL FALLUNDER KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI ISORDER TO STAY HOME THROUGH MAY15TH.I HAVE NOT SEEN IN CLAY COUNTYOR REALLY ANYWHERE IN KANSASCITY THAT WE’VE ADDRESSED OURBROADER TESTING ISSUES OTHERTHAN CLAY COUNTY AND THEIRSTATEMENT NOTING.THERE’S ONE MORE PLA YOU CANTEST AND FRANKLY TO THATENHANCED RACING WHICH EVERYJURISDICTION STILL IS HAVINGISSUES WITH FOR OUR JURISDICTIONAND THAT IS MANAGEABLE AT THISPOINT CLAY COUNTY PUBLICHEALTH’S DEPUTY DIRECTOR SAYSTHE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TOCONTACT TRACING AND HE’S WORKINGON OBTAINING EVEN MORE TESTS ANYTOUGH DECISION THAT YOU’RE GOINGTO MAKE YOUR GOING TO GETCRITICISM FROM SOME STANDPOINT.SO IT KIND OF COMES WITH THETERRITORY STILL CLAY COUNTYRELEASED A DATE TO REOPENBUSINESSES WITHOUT GUIDELINESSAYING THEY’RE COMING SOON YOUFEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW OPENING UPEARLY HAS LED T LOTS OFCONFUSION FOR THEM.ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT WE’REBASING OUR DECISIONS BASED ONTHE OUR JURISDICTION CLAYCOUNTY.WYANDOTTE COUNTY.NOBODY’S ON AN ISLAND.MEANWHILE, THE MAYOR SAYSEVERYONE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER,BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO ISJUST SAY HEY, WE’RE REOPENINGTH