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Letters Feb. 9: Complicated mask rules; affordable housing and trees; cruise ships


A physical distancing sign is seen during a media tour of Hastings Elementary school in Vancouver, Wednesday, September 2, 2020. British Columbia s education minister hopes the government will be able to entirely avoid school closures under any scenario but it would defer to advice from public health officials should COVID-19 cases worsen. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Mask rules for schools are too complicated
The new rules for masks in schools remind me of the old KISS principle we used to use in the world of selling: “Keep it simple, stupid!”
As if kids are not confused enough with all of these rules, regulations and endless signs. We are telling them, some of you can wear masks, others not, wear them here, don’t wear them there! ....

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Letters Dec. 23: Pandemic punishment; Woodwynn win-win; housing density


Talk to a health care worker before declaring this is not a crisis on the island. Suggest that to a family who has lost a loved one. See what kind of reaction that brings.
We have seen our treasured daughter only once in two years, because of this pandemic. Our only son, who lives in this city, we see once every couple or three weeks, only outdoors. As he is a tradesman, he is well outside our bubble and we don’t want to take the chance and nor does he want to give us anything.
This is affecting us all. These measures are for the good of every­one, the responsible, the reckless and even the brain-dead pandemic deniers. With any luck at all this will be a once-in-a-lifetime event. But I doubt it. ....

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