Colonies not to blame for COVID
By Letter to the Editor on March 26, 2021.
Editor:
In a letter to the editor on March 16, there was some information being spread about the colonies and outside people bringing the COVID-19 virus into Lethbridge, which is totally false.
I would like to have Pat Berthelot check the numbers that The Herald prints in every paper breaking up the South zone Covid numbers into different counties and areas in southern Alberta.
Most of the zones where the colonies are situated in are very low or almost zero covid cases, (good work guys) except Cardston county, and those cases are in the town of Cardston. (I’ll leave that there).
So most of the cases being in Lethbridge and Lethbridge County, and you are blaming outside people and colonies for that? Give your head a shake man. What a rude and totally unfounded accusation. Shame on you.
I was offended by that accusation and being called a redneck. I have no problem with people wearing masks or adhering to the medical guideline that the health professionals want us all to follow, but If I’m in a vehicle with my family, I am not wearing a mask and don’t plan to start.
I feel all the colony people are respectful of the rules and are all wearing masks in any place of business and other establishments, and you bragged about wanting people to start an argument so you can “rip many of them a new butt.” Now that is a redneck attitude, If you want to see a redneck, just look into a mirror.
Naming people whom you don’t know a redneck is like a kettle calling a pot black.
So Mr. Berthelot, do your homework before you write any more nasty letters and targeting people who have done you no harm. And I feel that The Herald should not have accepted that letter and rejected it as well.
Paul Entz Warner Alberta
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Personally, I do not believe in Blame unless of course you blame the people running this sh*t show! Declaration: I believe in Masks and Vaccines, I am not an Anti-Masker and I have already had my Moderna Vaccine shot and continue to wear a mask
Why is this a sh*t show?
Well lets see.
1) We are being told that air borne particles of COVID can hang in the air for sometime.
2) We are being told that HVAC systems can circulate these particles
3) We are being told that N95 Masks are only to be used by “health Professionals because of limited supply
4) We are being told that YOU are to wear a mask to protect others
5) We are being told that the mask YOU wear does NOT protect you at ALL.
6) We are being told that the mask YOU wear reduces the strain on the health care system
7) We however have never been told how to protect ourselves from COVID wearing a mask that was never intended to stop COVID.
8) We have been told to stay at home 24/7/365 and stay away from everyone , if we do not want to get COVID
So the analysis of this sh*t show now begins.
I put on my mask that does not protect me, and walk into the cloud of particles suspended in the air in an area where a person sneezed ten minutes ago and no one occupies the area now.
I am more than 2 meters away from anyone. I have my mask on, (the one that does not protect me) and I get COVID and then the same AHS people get on the news to tell me I am careless.
AHS’s response is stay at home, do not work, do not see anyone, and wait. That is the ONLY way you do not get COVID, at least thats the only direction AHS has ever given to people who have to carry on with life whether they like it or not. I do not blame anyone, other than the Medical Professions Professionals because their intent from the getgo was not to protect ME, or YOU, it was to protect the “Health Care System from overload”. I blame the Professionals because they FORGOT to tell you that! At least if you had known you could know what your odds are, being you have to breath to sustain your own life! Now that I think about it, you breathing is actually increasing the odds of over burdening the health system, perhaps you should stop!
Welcome to the Sh*t show called COVID.