I wanted to add something to the letter “Stay home when sick,” (Feb. 4).

The letter implies that the employees of a high-volume store are not concerned about customers with “fragile immune systems.” I work for a high-volume store.  For the past five years, I have been battling back from advanced stage 4 cancer of my immune system. Numerous operations to remove cancerous lymph nodes, seven months of intense chemotherapy and other treatments have left me with a “fragile immune system” to say the least.

Every day at work I come in contact with parents with children too sick to go to school yet need to shop, adults too sick to go work yet need to shop, patients coming home from the hospital or clinic with a major illness yet need to shop, travelers coming home from vacation sick and need to shop.

All of it is terrifying to me, yet I show up for work and try my best to help people as best I can. It’s a two-way street. We all need to take precautions, be cautious and do our part to avoid making others ill.

— Roger Hills