Dear Editor:

According to the Oxford Dictionary, a fact is known or proved to be true. The truth about events as opposed to interpretation.

Connie Wurst’s letter to the editor, “Citizens have paid the price…” claims our county, state, and country are “adversely affected by mandates.” No, the virus adversely affects the world, it does not cause it; one effect of COVID-19 is mask wearing. Simple cause and effect.

She also writes, “The CDC stated less than 9,ooo people ac...