Due to the recent outbreak of COVID-19, a mysterious and potentially dangerous virus, it is within the best interest of the people of Missouri, especially those of which are students or are parents of students, that schools within MISSOURI close down for a period of time to allow relief efforts to take place. There is an extreme risk of contamination in such densely populated areas like schools. The ‘coronavirus” is causing many Americans to panic and is sending us into a downward spiral. Many states throughout the country, most recently Illinois, have shut down their school systems periodically to avoid mass hysteria being spread as well as keeping the students health and well-being in mind while making the decision. We, the people of Missouri believe it would be best for everyone’s mental and physical well being that schools wait to send kids back until we further understand this threat, or atleast until we can get everything sanitized and put into place a system or protocols in which students would be able to keep as sanitary as possible to avoid any further contamination among students and staff. Schools and the workplace are some of the most common ways people spread germs and develop illnesses, one of the best ways possible to avoid illness, is to avoid contact with other individuals, especially at the beginning of a virus in which people know very little about or how to combat for that matter.