Gov. Mike Parson, who was under daily pressure to issue a statewide stay-at-home order, did so on Friday. The calls for him to act were from every major medical and public health association. They started soon after first St. Louis, then Kansas City, followed by Boone and Greene counties, issued local orders allowing only essential businesses to remain open and telling everyone who could to work from home. He daily tried to explain his decision to hold off. Different parts of the state had different needs, he said...
