Making the best of it  

To the Editor;

Mention COVID-19 and conversations turn to concerns about financial solvency and medical care. I want to remind us of something: You and I are lucky enough to live in a country where government is, “of the people, by the people and for the people”. COVID-19 is a beautiful reminder and opportunity to uphold governing ourselves.

We don’t have to wait for a higher authority’s permission or get group approval for the application of ideas or changes in behavior. In the blink of an eye, each individual can take action.

We are so creative! All we have to do is work our lives around four simple behaviors: work at home when possible; wear manufactured or homemade masks and/or cough into an elbow, when in public (masks will not restrict the virus completely, but by restraining large droplets and limiting hand to mouth contact, they can help); maintain six or more feet of distance when in public and at work; implement easy to use methods by which to protectively isolate or sanitize hands and surfaces.

With respect to COVID-19, if we handle ourselves, I beleive our country can remain financially solvent and the health care we seek will remain abundant with required supplies and well-rested, capable personnel.

Icing on the cake: this virus allows us to break with the everyday — reviewing where we’ve been and with what intention we want to live our lives going forward. Let’s take this opportunity and make the best of it.

Tammera Fenn

Charleston