MASKS: Undoing the mandate

As a frequent visitor to Coeur d’Alene, I am horrified by the recent decision to pull the mask mandate which makes all of us more at risk to become dangerously ill in an area where now there is a lack of hospital beds due to COVID-19.

Our daughter and son-in-law live in the area with a new baby and we are very concerned to come back to help out and visit with this new turn of events. Unfortunately, it has become dangerous to live in or visit North Idaho with misled leaders who make these kinds of decisions and accept craziness as freedom.

I urge those who agree to stand up to these kinds of decisions and try to reverse this pandemic.

KATHY HANAVAN

Lake Oswego, Ore.