Oct 23, 2021 2 min read

Please, let’s stop the name-calling.

Let’s try to call-in each other, before we call-out each other on important health and safety issues. For example, in a recent Washington Health Systems publication, “Connections,” President and CEO Brook Ward, who has been very vocal in striving to slow the spread of COVID-19 by leading a comprehensive care plan for our region, called-in some of Pennsylvania’s leadership in an article, “Leadership In Action.”

As a result, the following key Pennsylvania leaders were listed for their help in combatting COVID-19 and supporting the WHS and other regional health-care organizations: U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, Sen. Camera Bartolotta, Rep. Tim O’Neal, Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, Diana Irey Vaughan, Betsy McClure, Brian Schill and Jeff Kotula.

Also, in an earlier Observer-Reporter article regarding boosters, Ward stated, “Please do it; millions of doses have been given out worldwide … it protects you and your loved ones.”

Thus, these are two recent examples of how one of our expert health and safety leaders called-in other Pennsylvania leaders to help support his efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 and its variants. Therefore, if we follow our health and safety leaders and their examples for calling-in, before calling-out, we may get better connections and much better results for a collective and comprehensive goal plan to fight the COVID-19 virus, instead of us fighting with each other.

Dennis Smiddle

Canonsburg