Letter to the editor: Courageous leaders make hard decisions

The criticism of Gov. Tom Wolf by legislators, district attorneys and state representatives exposes the hypocrisy behind their “live free or die” recommendations that counties open businesses earlier than considered safe. We need to support leaders of courage who risk threats when they make unpopular, necessarily restrictive decisions.

This virus has brutally exposed the terrible inequities many people suffer every day. Nobody should starve, lose their housing or be denied access to health care. Fixing this will take time, but right now we need to assume that Wolf and Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine are acting responsibly on the best information available.

Freedom is important, but the knee-jerk “Don’t tread on me” reaction without access to the facts guiding Wolf’s actions is not only arrogant, it’s deadly.

Eileen Quigley

Bloomfield