Masks essential

Dear Editor:

RE: Insulting, Oct. 15.

Pat Kelly is of the opinion that every issue should have both sides of the argument aired. On the topic of wearing masks, there’s a preponderance of evidence that they are essential to the community’s health.

The case for not wearing a mask during this crisis is largely bogus, and to grant equal newsprint space to the pros and the cons would only lead to more needless deaths.

It’s true that a person’s sense of liberty may be harmed by our pandemic rules. There appear to be some in our area whose principles lead them to resist draconian laws, but society has long been okay with seat belts, for instance, in spite of the passionate debates that took place 40 years ago.

Why would a community paper even deign to publish an opinion from someone arguing that “I have a constitutional right to drive through a red light” because every controversy merits a balanced exposure of opposite views?

Karl Dick,
Waterloo