Those who have been protesting against wearing masks, vaccinations and the efforts by our public health officials to curb the increase in COVID-19 cases need to consider the hundreds of thousands of American lives that have been lost in all of the wars fought for our freedom.
Yes, you have the right of freedom of speech, but you can do it in a civil, non-belligerent and non-threatening way.
You can truly be a patriot and help win this war against COVID-19 that has claimed more than 650,000 American lives by using the most effective weapons we have, getting vaccinated and wearing masks.
Doing so shows you care about those around you, your community, front line health care workers, the economy and our nation.
Russ Mellon
Sequim