Letter: Freedom is the opportunity to do what is right – Deseret News

As I look through the paper every day, I watch for anything written by Lois Collins. Arguably, she is the best youve got; and I have been enriched by her contributions for many years. She adds a thoughtful perspective and depth to any subject she is assigned.

I especially appreciated her article of May 25 (How COVID-19 affects the body). Most of the information was new to me, and it was really disturbing. She detailed the ravages the virus can and does create in multiple areas. Her thorough description of exactly how it makes its attacks and how our bodies respond was both fascinating and very sobering.

She said, As American reopens, she needs to know what shes dealing with and not drop her guard or become less vigilant(.) The pictures on TV of thousands frolicking in their new freedom have helped me remember which part of having choices is most important to me.

Having quarantined almost completely for 74 days, I am ready to go on if needed. As I go out, I am certainly willing and prepared to follow every caution related to masks, social distancing and sanitizing. I am grateful that we have these guidelines concerning these efforts, hard as they are. I want the freedom of going to sleep thankful for still another day of being well and with the assurance that I havent hurt anyone else.

Peter Marshall, chaplain of the United States Senate in the 1940s, said May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.

Sherry McMullin

Salt Lake City

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