Dear Dr. Henry,

With the COVID pandemic numbers getting bad again, I don't understand why you decided to end the COVID isolation rule.  Ending that is a really bad idea. That means anyone that has COVID can go anywhere, go grocery shopping, take transit etc and get more people sick . Please consider bringing the Mask Mandate and the other mandates back.  There are a lot of people that are immunocompromised and can get severely sick if they catch COVID even if they are vaccinated.  The ones that aren't vaccinated will get it much worse.  Everyone wants this pandemic to go away and if nothing changes it will just come back worse every year. 

I have chronic fatigue syndrome and I tested positive for COVID in October.  I'm still recovering from it. People like me that have CFS/ME or any chronic illness are more vulnerable to getting severe COVID.  I was on my way to get groceries at the time and I know 100 percent I got sick with COVID from one of these people on the bus that don't wear a mask that can and are able to without medical help. The drivers don't care if the capacity limits are gone, and you end up like a sardine standing on the bus. I take every precaution possible and I still got COVID, I'm fully vaccinated 4 times over, I wear a mask everywhere, I wash and sanitize my hands a lot when I'm out, and if I feel really sick with my CFS I stay home. 

We need to stand up for what's right in our society and for the pandemic to go away. 

Sincerely,

Amy Thomson