Missouri is once again leading the pack in a high-profile national ranking—though not one it wants.
The Show Me State is tops in the United States when it comes to coronavirus cases without a stay-at-home order.
Other states—such as New York and Washington state—have many more cases, but have implemented restrictions on travel to slow the spread of SARS-Coronavirus-2, the bug that causes COVID-19.
This analysis comes from the Star, which crunched stats from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing 1,834 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Missouri, hundreds ahead of next-place South Carolina.
There are 239,279 cases nationally.
Kansas, which has implemented a stay-at-home order under Gov. Laura Kelly, has only 552 confirmed cases.
Many counties within Missouri, including all in the Kansas City area, have their own stay-at-home orders.
The decision to not implement a statewide stay-at-home order comes from Governor Mike Parson, who is defending his lack of stay-at-home order by pointing out that he has banned gatherings of more than ten people and encouraging people to stay home.
People MUST stay home as much as possible in order to do that. This means staying home unless ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to get out!
I want to remind everyone that there IS a statewide order that has been in place for almost two weeks now.
— Governor Mike Parson (@GovParsonMO) April 2, 2020
This order expires on Monday, April 6, and we will be updating that at tomorrow’s briefing.
The bottom line is, EVERYONE should be staying home as much as possible.
You are NOT “stuck” at home. You are SAFE at home.
— Governor Mike Parson (@GovParsonMO) April 2, 2020
Parson is now being primaried in the 2020 election by a fellow Republican who last month implied that the coronavirus pandemic was “planned” as a way of undermining President Donald J. Trump.
Dems still say @HillaryClinton won 2016 even tho @realDonaldTrump won the Electoral College (304 to 227).
Dems impeached Trump (only done 3x now in history) on frivolous grounds.
Dems want confused man @JoeBiden to be nominee.
You think #coronavirus wasn’t planned?
— Saundra McDowell (@mcdowellformo) March 20, 2020
