Thank you to Santa Barbara County’s public health
officer, Dr. Henning Ansorg, for his statements regarding every citizen’s
responsibility to respect the directive to maintain social distancing.
We have an opportunity now to make a difference
in slowing the spread of the COVID-19 virus. If we wait until it is even more
obvious to act it will be too late.
As a retired nurse, I know that some of the real heroes
in this war are the medical personnel we will depend on if we get sick. We
cannot let our irresponsible use of personal freedoms put them and our entire
health system at risk of breakdown and collapse.