Letter to the editor: Vaccination, not God or selfishness, is the way out

What does it take for America to wake up? Serious covid cases reportedly are mostly among the fearful, anti-science and simply ridiculous. These folks are now joined by our local leaders. School boards that are supposed to protect kids are failing and should resign.

Superintendents are perhaps the most guilty. The Hempfield Area School District superintendent for one has apparently bowed to the pressure by making masks optional. I’m of the belief masks must be mandated, teachers fully vaccinated (or find another job) and for the selfish families that are anti- everything … enroll elsewhere.

It’s the responsible masked believers who should be in schools, not the other way around. I know Hempfield superintendent is a highly sought after job with a salary of $175,000-plus. I also know fear of losing that position and fear of bad PR can sway decision- making. This is different. Time to stand up and do what is right, not what is easy, which unfortunately has become the norm in education.

Not joining together to defeat covid is not the American way, and we’re paying the price. Without simple precautions, restaurants will reduce hours lacking customers; schools will sporadically shut down by October, and we’ll have new variants appearing.

Normal was at our fingertips, then conspiracies took over common sense. There is one way out, and it’s not selfishness or God will save us. It’s vaccination.

Frank Flori

Hempfield