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KIM COLTMAN: I don’t know what all the whining is about; it is only mandated if you are going into a healthcare facility

 

The following is a response, by Kim Coltman, to the BC government announcement that, ‘As respiratory infections are increasing ... the risk also increases in health-care facilities where people may be more at risk of severe infections or complications. To increase protections in health-care facilities in the province, medical mask wearing will be required by all health-care workers, volunteers, contractors and visitors in patient care areas ... Long-term care visitors will be required to wear a medical mask when they are in common areas of the home and when participating in indoor events, gatherings, activities in communal areas of the care home or residence ...’


 

Thank you for protecting people like me.

So many of these people who are opposed to wearing masks, just don’t understand that these mandates are not to protect them, they are to protect people like me with chronic health conditions.

I don’t like wearing the masks, but I know that I have to, to protect myself and, so that others are not afraid of me when I’m out in public.

I have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and I cough a lot. It is not a pleasant, sounding cough, and it scares the hell out of people around me. They can’t get it from me, but that doesn’t make them feel any better. To try to put people at ease, I am constantly saying, “I am not sick. I have COPD and asthma.”

I don’t know what all the whining is about; it is only mandated if you are going into a healthcare facility.

I realize that my life means nothing in the face of your right to not wear a mask. I mean heaven forbid there should be anyone inconvenienced, because some of us have ongoing health issues and are more susceptible to getting seriously ill and dying.

I know, the natural order of things, the culling of humanity, only the strong survive.… no one can tell you what to do!

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