Dear Editor:
RE: Use brain to avoid ‘fog’, Dec. 17.
Just a few thoughts about Jane Vandervliet’s letter. I agree wholeheartedly with the main message of her letter, but I am not sure why she has to make a distinction between Christians and non-Christians.
I don’t think the virus discriminates between people of different races or religions, so why target your message to each group separately?
I am also not sure what she means when she says “non-Christians should stop their religious appropriation this year.” Readers could take that to mean any number of things.
Christmas is an all-encompassing holiday which is impossible to ignore if you are not Christian; it is pretty hard not to get swept up in the festivities, like it or not.
Listen to the public health messaging, yes! But let’s not make this about religion.
Barbara Cooper,
East Garafraxa