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NICK GOSNELL <a href="https://hutchpost.com">Hutch Post</a>
HUTCHINSON —&nbsp;Former Kansas Gov. Dr. Jeff Colyer sees the COVID-19 response 
from the state as being more localized than one size fits all."We
 don't need to do this as one big sledgehammer," Colyer said. "This is a
 surgical operation. Working by individual county for schools, for 
businesses, is the best way of doing this. That way, you don't close 
down things that don't need to be closed and wear people out."Colyer
 acknowledges the seriousness of the COVID-19 issue, but it's also 
important to use the new knowledge we're getting about the virus over 
the last several months to guide that response."We understand 
about distancing," Colyer said. "You and I are distancing now. You can 
have an interaction. We can work. We've learned so much about 
telehealth. We know how restaurants can work better with having some 
simple barriers and some spacing. There are a lot of things that we can 
do that have a big impact without making everybody sit at home. That's 
the problem. We need to isolate the few to protect the many."Colyer
 also is confident we will get to therapies that work, but that it's 
likely there will be no single silver bullet for COVID-19."I'm 
currently on the scientific board for a company that has a vaccine," 
Colyer said. "We actually begin our human trials here in the next week 
or two. It's going to be important that we get several vaccines. You're 
probably going to need three or four different kind of vaccines to make 
sure they're absolutely safe. Certain vaccines may work better, say, in 
an older population, or another one in kids. Spending a lot of effort on
 that is very important."Colyer was announced earlier this month 
as a member of the Arcturus Therapeutics Vaccine Platform Scientific 
Advisory Board. The key to the vaccine Arcturus is proposing is that it 
would be a single dose, while other candidates would require booster 
shots to work.<a href="https://usave.it/1154172/bw-news-special-reports/">Colyer
 had a lot to say, including campaigning for his former Lt. Gov. Tracey 
Mann, who is running for the First District seat in Congress. Click here
 to hear the bonus podcast with Colyer</a>.

Former Kansas Gov. Colyer talks about COVID-19 response