Caveats and considerations

To the Editor;

Regarding the quarantine, let us remove it, with an understanding that businesses, their staff and clients, incorporate protocols that we know mitigate spread of the virus.

In the U.S., we govern ourselves. With guidance from fellow citizens, whom we have elected to assist us, and those who have studied COVID-19, we are certainly capable of applying our ingenuity toward alterations that allow us to work and make a living.

I would also suggest reviewing the benefits of our current situation. Using the information gleaned, we can modify work and lifestyle behaviors to further enhance the well-being of ourselves, our fellow inhabitants and our planet.

Compared to SARS and MERS, with 10 percent and 34 percent rates of mortality, with respect to those who have lost loved-ones, we are getting off easy. While systems facilitate our survival, we have witnessed among the empty shelves that they can also break down or exclude.

It is not the job, or ability, of our elected officials to care for capable citizens. Our grandparents often kept on hand extra food, water, funds and staples. Whether it be an illness in the family or the next world-wide pandemic, we are wise to do the same.

Tammera Fenn 

Charleston