They live for the notoriety and attention they are receiving. They are destroying lives and whole communities for their own selfish motives. It is more than apparent to most of us that the shutdowns, masks, distancing and other mandates, which have failed since last spring, are not effective.

All the damage that has been done to our nation has done nothing but postpone what would have already happened. The health care officials publicly announced that surges were to be expected because of the “flattening of the curve” that we all endured last summer. This is insane. Let’s open back up and live rather than be petrified of dying from a disease that is 99.5% survivable.

Eileen WrightDurango