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This is a war

Sat., Oct. 10, 2020

President Trump’s tweet to be fearless in the face of COVID contradicts his own actions.

He went to hospital and received an almost million-dollar treatment which most of us are not even privy to.

If COVID is such a trivial affair why did he allow himself to go to hospital? He could have stayed in the White House and tweeted his own full recovery.

To me this is the height of cowardice.

If only we had a president who knew how to truly lead the people we would have been free of this disease as soon as it began.

Since we don’t have a leader we must lead ourselves. Wear masks. Protect one another. We are fighting a war, so be a warrior — not a fool.

Annie Griffin

Valley, Wash.

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