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KS Republican says reopening "requires more time"

By Brian Hagen

04/17/2020

John R. Eplee, MD Credit: Atchison Hospital

(KAIR)--A Kansas Republican representative, and medical professional, says the state’s efforts to flatten the curve are working, but more time is needed before reopening the state.

That message comes in a newsletter from 63rd District Representative Dr. John Eplee, of Atchison.
In Thursday’s release, Eplee, citing Kansas health department statistics related to COVID-19, said cases continue to rise in Kansas, “but not at the rate of states which chose not to shut down,” meaning, according to Eplee, Kansas is flattening the curve.

The newsletter also provides Eplee’s perspective of the April 9 vote by the Legislative Coordinating Council to overturn Governor Laura Kelly’s ban on large group gatherings related to church congregations.

Saying he questioned that move “because more Kansans would be exposed to the virus,” Eplee explained in the release that the vote was made by the Legislative Coordinating Council, comprised of seven members of House and Senate leadership, including five Republicans and two Democrats.
The council’s vote was later overturned by the Kansas Supreme Court, keeping Kelly’s order in place.

Eplee said that 43 of his Republican colleagues have signed a letter asking the Governor to begin planning to reopen the state.
While he agrees that such a plan, currently being drafted, should be in place, Eplee said “planning to reopen soon does not appear to be medically prudent and requires more testing, time, and data.”

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