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LETTER: 91原创 man calls for less panic and a return back to normal sooner

The provincial government and other governments are losing credibility, local man writes.
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Letter writer questions why younger people have to follow COVID restrictions when their death rate from the virus is so low. (CDC photo)

Dear Editor,

Letter to Andrew Mercier, MLA for 91原创

I realize COVID put extra pressure on construction but the hospital addition is badly needed and we鈥檙e grateful.

There is a deteriorating situation I wish to draw to your attention. It鈥檚 as tricky as tip-toeing through a mine field, but someone has to think ahead of the curve and address it, especially to our premier who鈥檚 getting it wrong.

We are overdue for a rethink of how our governments (plural) address COVID. I often start one-on-one conversations with people in stores, line-ups, at gas stations. Males, females, young and old 鈥 not one person I talk to believe the daily rhetoric on talk-radio, the six o鈥檆lock news and especially from government sources and their hired experts. They, including your government, are losing credibility. The lack of accurate information from sources we should trust make 鈥渇ake news鈥 look believable. An example is the difficulty of finding the COVID recovery rate of working age people (age 20 to 60). Some sources say it鈥檚 around 99 per cent.

If 99 per cent is accurate people are asking, 鈥淲hy are we causing so much stress to our population and economy?鈥

鈥 READ MORE: COVID death toll in B.C. tops 1,000 as 1,475 new cases recorded over the weekend (Jan. 11, 2021)

Of course, COVID is a deadly disease. There are no good fatal diseases! Everyone knows a cancer survivor.

I repeat they (you) are losing credibility. We鈥檙e crying out for less panic, more truth and a road map back to normal.

Ted Campbell, 91原创


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