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Science played a lead role in plans to reopen the Kansas City area -- so did politics
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article242421911.htmlSix weeks ago, in Union Station’s cavernous north waiting room, the mayor of Kansas City and the top elected leaders of Johnson, Wyandotte and Jackson counties did something rare and rather spectacular.
They jointly explained why their public health officers had issued nearly identical, month-long stay-at-home orders to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
The start and end dates were the same. So were most of the restrictions announced that Sunday afternoon.