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‘For the record’

Dear Editor, This is not the letter I wanted to write, but it is the one that I feel obligated to write. A few weeks ago, WTO published a letter of mine titled “Cheap Shots.” Two days later, another concerned citizen challenged one of my examples of literary cheap shots. I wrote, “Our President never called or hinted that the virus was a HOAX”...”If the author thinks he reported the truth, show me the video.” My challenger offered as her evidence a political ad video created by “Priorities USA Action, a PAC that has supported Democratic presidential candidates” and ...

A safe distance

Dear Editor, The United States Postal Service is committed to delivering your mail and packages throughout the current pandemic. We are proud of our role in providing an essential service to every community. The one constant throughout this crisis has been our commitment to fulfilling the vital mission of the Postal Service. We would like to share the following information and requests: USPS wants to help keep you – and our employees – safe. We ask for you to maintain a safe distance at all times. The Centers for Disease Control recommends keeping a distance of six feet or ...

NOT real simple

Dear Editor, The Covid 19 testing is not as easy as testing your backyard pool water. Pool water test kits have been available probably 60 or more years and the chemicals and chemistry is relatively simple. If we needed MILLIONS of these kits, production would probably meet demand. A CDC Covid 19 test kit includes the following: Reverse Transcriptase, Polymerase, Flourescing Reporter Dye to name a few. You probably can’t get these ingredients at a Big Box or small Dollar store. Tests produced by Biotech companies probably use similar ingredients. These substances must react in ...

Trump

Dear Editor, I can’t believe Dr. Fauci is putting up with Trump’s stupid thinking on COVID-19. I notice Dr. Fauci is talking in circles at times, and is not sure of himself. I think it won’t be long before they will be parting ways. And then Dr. Fauci will tell it like it really is. Semper Fi, Carl A. Rozzelle, Russell

The front lines

Dear Editor, You’re in the front line! In this anxiety provoking pandemic times, people are sometimes complacent and think the frontline in the war against the COVID-19 is in the hospitals and emergency rooms and urgent care centers and with the doctors, nurses, health care workers and first responders. Here’s another perspective; they are the last line and you, the people in the community, are the frontline and if we don’t do the right things now, everybody loses and our health care system will be overwhelmed. There’s no time to wait and waste. The virus is already in town. ...

Socialism

Dear Editor, Socialism’s in the news as Bernie Sanders runs for president, backed by radical congresswomen Omar and Ocasio-Cortez. News items reported Bernie promising 1) No one making under $29K would pay income tax and that 2) All others would pay increased taxes. You correctly labeled Bernie’s plan “hallucinatory economics” last year. He keeps proving it. The following statistics come mainly from the tax policy center, congressional budget office and wikipedia; the latter lists references for its articles (e.g. census). The lowest earning 20% (quintile) of the ...