Please stop the dissonance, Day staff.

If a picture is truly worth a thousand words, readers of The Day are led to doubt the current COVID-19 pandemic. Every day The Day publishes photos of people without masks flaunting the social distancing recommendations.

For example, the (Jan. 17) front page shows diners inside a local restaurant without masks. And yet:

New London is experiencing the highest number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started; every article that quotes Dr. Fauci warns of the dangers of infection as a result of indoor dining; the new strain of the COVID-19 virus is even more infectious; and health care professionals continue to emphasize the prime importance of mask wearing and social distancing as measures to control COVID-19 infection.

I urge The Day to set an example: please only publish photos of people wearing masks (properly covering mouth and nose) in whatever activity they pursue.

Carol Oviatt

Groton