East Aurora Advertiser

Letter to the Editor: Horrified by Continued Anti-Vax and Anti-Mask Stance


Dear Editors, 

Once I again, I am horrified by the breathtaking speciousness of the arguments put forth by certain members of this community vis-à-vis vaccine and mask mandates and the gob smacking assertion that the presence of the COVID-19 virus and its various mutations is the result of “manipulation” of the virus and its subsequent “release” to the world. 

As for the contention that this virus was somehow manipulated and then deliberately released, I can only say that the author of the prior letter to the editor needs to do some research before making such a pronouncement. As for vaccine mandates, I would say that I still bear the scar of a smallpox vaccination (which was mandated) and which has contributed to the eradication of a dreaded disease from the world.

As for mask-wearing, I will borrow from a recent quote I read. If you cannot be bothered to wear a piece of cloth on your face, then I would propose that you are not a champion of individual rights. You are only a champion of the right to infect me and mine, at our peril. A close family member is a nurse in a local emergency room. This morning, she said to me “All of the COVID patients that I see never leave the hospital. They die.”

My final thought is to appeal to this letter writer’s sense of compassion for the members of her community. I lost my youngest child in January of this year as a direct result of the type of attitude exhibited by this writer. If the writer has beloved children, friends or other family members, I ask this: do you really want to be a member of the club to which I now belong and for which I would have given my own life to avoid?

Catherine Borden 

South Wales

One response to “Letter to the Editor: Horrified by Continued Anti-Vax and Anti-Mask Stance”

  1. David Daniels says:

    Thank you, Catherine, for your eloquent defense of the vaccine and the necessity of its widespread employment. Very sorry to hear about your personal loss.

    David Daniels

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