JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson asserted Missouri would reopen with as little regulation as possible. “If the business owners call you to go back to work, you’ve got to go back to work,” Parson said at a press conference last week. He said, if employees feel unsafe, they can exercise the individual right to stay home, but that could mean being fired. Parson said the state would try to acquire personal protective equipment for state employees, but he felt the private sector would bear the burden and various state departments would have to make their own decisions. “The market will bear that,” Parson said. Randall Williams, the director of Missouri’s Department for Health and Senior Services, asserted businesses would have to enforce ongoing safety procedures when reopening, with the state offering little additional oversight. “It’s in the best interest of businesses to practice safe practices,” Williams said. He also said he did not believe a meat plant experiencing an outbreak in St…