Dear Editor:

I would like to state, for the record, that I am against any mandates for Ouray County, Colorado. Our county, state, and country is being adversely affected by the current COVID-19 mandates. The CDC has stated that less than 9,000 people in the whole United States have actually died from only COVID-19. The other 160,000 all had underlying conditions, such as heart conditions, diabetes, influenza, pneumonia, etc. This is not a pandemic situation. lt began by politicians trying to cont...