Voice of the People: Vaccines and masks will help end this pandemic – The Ledger

Vaccines and masks will help end this pandemic

Recently I was in a local supermarket and was absolutely appalled at the number of people without masks. On Aug. 17, I was at a different market waiting to get my booster shot and decided to note the number of people I saw without masks. I have estimated the age group best I could but feel I am fairly accurate.

Three young couples with small children. Three obese women over 50 years old. Four women under 30 years. Six women between 40 to 60 years old. Fifteen men between 30 to 50 years old. Four men over age 60 - two of whom had obvious health issues.

Thats 38 people I noted in 30 minutes and only in a small area of the store. I would really like to be politically incorrect when describing these stupid people but this is a family paper. I cannot remember if there was an uproar when I was a child and got all my immunizations and then as a young mother when my children got the polio vaccine, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis and the measles-mumps-rubella shots.

Please get the vaccine and wear your masks to help us end this pandemic.

Sandi Simpson, Lakeland

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Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination would likely be unnecessary if mandatory masking were allowed. Stop whining about infringement on personal rights. Do your part to protect yourself, your family and your community.

Stop making unfounded statements questioning COVID-19 vaccine safety. The vaccine was appropriately studied and tested before widespread distribution. It is as safe as any other vaccine. It is certainly safer than the adverse health effects of COVID-19 infection.

A new report indicates that COVID-19 can be eradicated, just like smallpox and polio. The only way to achieve eradication is through public acceptance of infection control measures. That means vaccination and, for now, face mask and social distancing. This is not political; it is public health.

Mavra Kear, Ph.D., APRN, Lakeland

Don't blame President Joe Biden. He is president in name only. He does what they tell him to do, and who they are I dont know for sure. I would guess its the people that would want to bring America to its knees and it looks they might succeed this time.

If only we had any military people that knew what was going on and had the guts to step in and right a wrong and worry what would happen later. But we dont.

I feel like I served for nothing. I also feel like at my age I may never see the country return to normal.

Afghanistan run by Taliban, America run by Democrats - same thing.

Claud Lynn, Lakeland

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