A recent letter to the editor is hateful, ignorant or wrong.
But I know stats, figures, and accurate science won’t sway the writer.
Focusing on his “stay home” message, the kindest interpretation is “if it inconveniences me, I don’t want to deal with it.”
Let’s remove inconveniences.
Ramps are inconvenient: they interfere with the ideal architecture, wheelchair users can stay home.
Handrails are inconvenient: they’re never the right height, and always cold, the elderly can stay home.
It’s inconvenient to retrofit elevators into older buildings, the money could be spent on other services, citizens with a bum knee can stay home.
Braille on balustrades inconveniently annoys the smooth tactile expectations of sightseers, folks with visual disabilities can stay home.
Road construction is inconvenient, who needs safe curb ramps?
Retirees can stay home.
Beeping crosswalks are inconvenient by interfering with conversation for a few seconds at a time, blind people in our community can stay home.
Lighted pedestrian crossings slow vehicle traffic and that’s inconvenient, kids can play at home, not at city parks.
Wearing a mask while out and about is a simple, low-cost, low-risk way to help keep yourself safe and healthy and help to protect those around you.
I have a chronic autoimmune condition, which I had decades before Long Covid came on the scene but which has a lot of symptoms in common.
I wouldn’t wish a single day of my experience on anyone, not even on the writer.
Sarah Morrison
Port Angeles