RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — He only won his special election this past September, and the sad irony is Dr. Greg Murphy now doesn’t get to spend much time on Capitol Hill.
Still, the Greenville urologist-turned-Republican-congressman has emerged as a key voice on the novel coronavirus and its disease, COVID-19, in Washington and in Raleigh. Murphy, who said he advised Governor Roy Cooper on his Stay-At-Home order, maintains that he fully supports the measures currently in place and does not agree with calls for a complete reopening of the state’s economy.
On the contrary, he said, there must be a “measured” approach until there’s a vaccine, medication to treat the disease and point-of-care testing.
“We’re not at a perfect spot and we’re not exactly where we need to be,” Murphy said. “But we’re in a spot now where we can loosen restrictions on a very defined population.”
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