Read Auditor Galloway’s COVID-19 action plan here.
In Missouri, the state’s positivity rate is too high, cases are higher than they were a few months ago, and many schools are not able to reopen. Unlike Governor Mike Parson, Auditor Galloway would act with a sense of urgency to control the spread of the virus, support small businesses and workers, and ensure every community can rebuild from this crisis.
“Missouri needs a reset on our coronavirus strategy – and fast. Governor Parson’s strategy isn’t working. Cases continue to be significantly higher than they were in the spring. School districts across the state are delaying their reopenings. The lingering effects of the pandemic threaten to hobble a full economic recovery,” said State Auditor Nicole Galloway. “By focusing on protecting public health and economic recovery, my action plan is aimed at tackling COVID-19 in Missouri in order to prevent new restrictions and avoid shuttering new businesses.”
The plan would focus on three key areas: protecting public health, ensuring Missouri’s communities and local governments can recover, and rebuilding the state’s economy. Specific proposals include:
· Implementing a statewide mask mandate — as recommended by Dr. Deborah Birx and Springfield Mayor Ken McClure
· Engaging surrounding states to cooperate on the purchase of rapid testing supplies and equipment
· A data-driven approach for safely reopening schools that recognizes the risk that community transmission poses to keeping fully in-person school on-track
· Creating an Emergency Medical Task Force, who would brief the public daily on the condition of COVID-19 in Missouri, provide recommendations of executive actions to the Governor and serve as a hub for COVID-19 data, including hospitalization data
· Ensuring relief for workers who contract COVID-19
· Creating an Economic Relief Council composed of labor members, business leaders, and small business owners to advise the Governor on economic stabilization in the short term and economic recovery in the long term
· Assigning a state-level response team to help counties spend their CARES act money — with a focus on contact tracing and PPE
· Support for community health centers
Nicole Galloway is the real deal when it comes to competence and leadership, which she has demonstrated as state auditor, and she isn't intimidated when it comes to doing her job. With her in the governor's office, we will have an actual effective plan to rid the state of Covid, while protecting our economy and supporting those whose livelihoods have been severely impacted. We will never be well again and recover our economy until this virus is dealt with once and for all, and Parson isn't getting the job done.
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