Dear Editor:
Shame on us Canadians. We think we are holding our heads high facing the virus when we clearly have them buried in the sand.
China has managed to get control of the coronavirus in their country at 58 people per million population contaminated (to date), compared to over 1,800 per mil. in Canada. Are we taking the virus seriously, it doesn’t look like it. We are now only a few thousand cases away from having as many as China and they have over 35 times our population. By the time you read this we may be there or past them. Shame on us and our government. It shouldn’t content anyone either that the States is worse off than us.
I am in a position to see up to a thousand people a day with only a handful wearing a mask to help prevent contracting or spreading the virus. I see most rummaging through the stores with almost nobody wearing gloves to help prevent contaminating or being contaminated by others. Hey, when you are inspecting the apples next time consider how many people had the same ones in their bare hands before you. And it’s the same risk with every single thing you touch in the store, not just the cart.
I hear so many people whining because they feel inconvenienced that stores considered unessential remain closed. Shouldn’t the employees of those stores be granted the same precautions as the many other Canadians that have opted out of work or had their employers close temporarily for their safety. A little selfish of you don’t ya think. Many feel that they should be able to roam freely through the parks and common areas to fill their new time off regardless of the risk to themselves or others and our health care system. They’re mad because their kids can’t play group sports. What happened to social distancing to protect them from potential exposure. It doesn’t make sense. They’ll argue that churchs and other groups should be restricted from meeting (even with recommended social distancing space available) but have no objection to their children congregating for group sports.
We need to stop being so self centered and help stop the spread of this virus. The more serious we are about it the less time it will take. It’s simple, only go out for essential items and wear a mask and gloves, then stay home. Other countries are doing it, why shouldn’t we?
Paul Dunnill,
Fergus
