Dear editor,

鈥淒id you get the shot?鈥� seems to have become a commonplace question. It is a personal health decision that is really no one鈥檚 business.

Just because I chose not to shouldn鈥檛 automatically classify me as an anti-vaxxer, anti-mask conspiracy person.

This polarization is unfortunate and only serves to prevent constructive dialogue. You may be surprised not everyone is afraid of COVID and living their lives gripped in fear. Maybe I just fundamentally disagree with the government telling me what to inject into my body.

A recent letter to the editor by George Dennis claiming anti-vaxxers should pay their own hospital costs has to be one of the more ignorant articles I鈥檝e read.

LETTER 鈥� If an anti-vaxxer gets COVID, they should pay their own hospital costs

He makes some big assumptions. What about people that choose to smoke, drink, are overweight or are drug addicts. You think they might put a strain on our health care, should they be made to pay too?

I鈥檓 well into my 50s and have a daily weight/cardio training and nutrition plan I鈥檝e been following for 30+ years.

I鈥檝e shown up to work every day since this pandemic started and I limit my consumption of mainstream media. The last time I was remotely sick was in 1997.

I think I鈥檒l stick to what鈥檚 working and no thank you to the vaccine.

Tom Hardy,

Courtenay