COVID-19 State of Emergency Public Comment from Stasia E Reidfile:///kal-fls1/...or%20Laserfiche/COVID-19%20State%20of%20Emergency%20Public%20Comment%20from%20Stasia%20E%20Reid.txt[4/14/2020 1:40:10 PM]
From: Stasia E Reid <stasiareid@gmail.com>Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 5:54 PMTo: Kalispell Meetings Public CommentSubject: [EXTERNAL] Opinion for state of emergency
I will not deny that there are concerns for the COVID-19 virus! I cannot get onboard with a state of emergency vote! This is ludicrous and our economy is tanking! We’re 50-60% or maybe more of hospitality workers! The bird flu, influenza and even surgery malpractice kills more people in a week Or maybe a day than this virus has killed in the state of Montana since first being discovered. We will have half of our business close their doors completely if we do this! If you want to keep the kids out of school till the end of the year, I get it, but I can’t believe that we would even think to shut more business's down when most are closed already. We do not have an end in site which gives no ground to shut our economy down for 5 deaths in the state. My heart goes out for those family’s who have lost someone due to this virus or just because but I think it Is absolutely ridiculous to make that decision! Please DO NOT DO THIS! We are born and then we die and in no way can cheat death so to try is so silly because in the end the outcome will still be the same. We only have our economy that makes us strong and nothing else, no silver or gold. Without our middle class working we do not have the money to keep going. Please let us go back to work to make us strong again, this is making us weak, lazy and our suicide rate is growing. People need purpose and friends and in the last 2 weeks it’s been a nightmare.Sent from my iPhone