Among those who've been targeted by these so-called protesters have been our essential workers—the likes of those who work at our local supermarkets. The partner of one of those workers wrote to me, "Every day, going to work, she is abused by the protesters just for wearing a mask. She has to get a bus around the protesters to get to work, and walk twice the distance—at night—after her hard shift to get the bus home, again due to the protesters. Her wages have even been cut because the store now closes early due to the protesters." I want to say to that worker, and to all of our essential workers, how grateful we are for the work that they do, and I want to add to that our managed isolation and quarantine staff and our health workers, who are under particular pressure at this moment in the pandemic. 