Kudos to two letters in the Sept. 23 Gazette written by Randy Kish and Nancy Boyko! I hope that everyone who reads these extremely well written articles will take a moment to stop and ask themselves (and each other): “Does some of this or all of it kind of make sense?"
If you really ask yourself the hard questions, after putting your extreme fears aside, you might be able to think more clearly. For instance, when you enter a restaurant, you must have a mask on but when you sit down to eat, you can take the mask off. Whomever taught this virus, taught it to be respectful and patient and so it stands off to the side and leaves you alone while you eat and drink! How smart is that? Even your kids don’t listen that well.
However, if you get up to go to the bathroom, it will know if you forgot to put your mask back on and it will then get you. Wow! And it knows math. Go figure. It knows the difference between three, four, five or six feet, so if your math isn’t that great and you aren’t sure if you are six feet away from another person, it will remind you by infecting you.
And it knows time as well. Some stores designate the first hour for seniors because apparently the virus knows who is a senior and so it stays away during that hour to allow this vulnerable group to be able to shop in peace and not in fear. Again, how absolutely smart is this.
One of the biggest questions I have is how come it likes to lurk in churches but not in liquor stores. Maybe someone with a degree in “COVID-19 smarts” could pass on some intelligent reasons as to how this sneaky virus got so smart and who is standing beside it with a stick to make sure it doesn’t screw up!
Colleen Chupka, St. Albert
