Dear Mayor Arnott and Comox council,

You can and would be wise to advise citizens to wear masks when indoors 鈥� in stores and businesses.

Your response to Dr. Nataros and to the Comox Valley Record is not accurate, that you don鈥檛 have the expertise and experience to make that call.

No expertise is needed.

And it shouldn鈥檛 be a political decision. It鈥檚 common sense, a 鈥榳e are about you鈥� decision. Not an order, or bylaw, just a sensible and caring word of advice: 鈥渨e suggest that you wear a mask indoors in public.鈥�

We鈥檙e in a deadly global pandemic with no end in sight. We are so fortunate that we鈥檙e doing well here. As fall comes, let鈥檚 keep it that way.

Why must I go into stores where some don鈥檛 wear masks? I do so out of respect for the workers and other shoppers. But some people don鈥檛 show respect for or care for me or for the workers.

Joe Biden and others have suggested a mask-mandate. That鈥檚 not what we鈥檙e asking for; just a recommendation, one that would be a good idea鈥� to 鈥渂e a good citizen of Comox.鈥� Show empathy and leadership, not political-correctness? (Or is it correct?)

I have written to BC Health to ask if it鈥檚 OK for you to recommend that people in Comox wear masks. Let鈥檚 see what they say. I鈥檓 guessing they don鈥檛 have a problem with that.

Do you wear masks? Bet you do.

It鈥檚 just a mask, right? What鈥檚 the problem?

Michael Heydon,

Comox Valley