I commend Dr. Cathy Zeglinski for having the strength, compassion and care for our community to give even more of her time to send such a well-thought-out letter to our locals.
She is desperately trying to keep us all safe. Dr. Zeglinski has treated my family in the ER on several occasions—since my children were newborn babies. They are now 15 and 18 [years old].
Her analogy of [Public Health Officer] Dr. Bonnie Henry basically fighting a forest fire was absolutely perfect! To explain what is currently going on with our devastating pandemic in terms that our community knows about all too well was priceless.
Some in our community are not taking this situation seriously. I would like to think most of us are. I just wanted to publicly appreciate not only Dr. Zeglinski, but every single one of our frontline workers for their effort and diligence. And ask those that are not working in those positions to appreciate what they are doing.
Respect the seriousness of COVID-19 and recognize that in your day-to-day life, these people are doing their best to protect you. And themselves.
We are all having a tough time. But being irresponsible is not the way to make it all go away. And [we should] count ourselves lucky that our local government has taken the steps to protect us as well as [it] can.
I have always been proud to be a Whistlerite. I am even more proud in these times. We are extremely lucky to live in a community that so deeply cares for one another.
Meghan Deschenes // Whistler
