Letter to the editor: People had the power on pandemic

We the people had the power on our own to prevent hospitalizations, deaths and state restrictions. Despite the fact that our leaders themselves stated that we the people had a personal and collective responsibility to curb the spread of covid-19 without the need of any state or local restrictions, we let ourselves down first and foremost and allowed Gov. Tom Wolf, Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine and others to make decisions for us.

Since people talk about having rights, that means that people have power. Yes, we have power, but there is a quote from Marvel Comics that applies to both reality and fiction: “With great power comes great responsibility.”

We the people had the power to determine our own destiny in the midst of the pandemic, and we dropped the ball, and now those in positions of power, like Wolf, are taking responsibility for us, making the lives of many people, both those who did nothing wrong and all the self-entitled irresponsible ones who contributed to community spread in the past two months, far more difficult. We the people are no better than any corrupt politicians, both Republican and Democrat, and we the people should be ashamed of ourselves.

Donald Scott

Clairton