Eventually, the COVID pandemic will end and life can go back to normal, when everyone can eat in restaurants and have parties in their homes.
I think that when the pandemic is over we should have a day of celebration, a holiday, to celebrate everyone who was essential. Essential workers have carried all of us and allowed us to live as normal as possible during quarantine.
Now medical workers are very essential to fighting COVID, but they are not the only group of essential workers. People who work in grocery stores, police officers, public works and so many more people who don’t get recognized enough. Without all of these people doing their jobs — largely unrecognized — we would not be able to be living as normally and comfortably as we are.
I think a holiday celebrating essential workers during COVID who worked when it was dangerous for themselves is more than necessary and deserved.
Dominic Russell Gannon, Salt Lake City