Dear Editor:
RE: Panic not a plan, Aug. 20.
Like Judy Wiebe, I too feel that I can no longer stand by in silence. I too find the attitude of Doreen Henschel to be galling.
Yes, protecting our democratic rights must be honoured. However, at core we must be mindful of each citizen. We must protect the most vulnerable among us. Many in our community has, or is dealing with, health challenges often invisible to us.
I am assuming that Doreen Henschel and her partner chose the pub in Waterdown because it met health and safety standards. These protocols were developed by doctors and scientists as is the directive for contact tracing.
Staff are being tasked with one more job in an already stressful business environment. I am confident in thinking that all health care workers are saying “thank you” to these folks.
We are all aware that our personal information is “out there”. Google, Facebook Twitter openly mine that info. To object to leaving your name and phone number at a pub seems very small indeed and begs the question, why would anyone patronize a business that didn’t meet provincial health and safety guidelines which, for now, includes contact tracing?
Those that stridently object, citing that it is their democratic right not to comply, represent to me the arrogance of entitlement.
Cinda Martin,
Fergus