Letters to the Editor category, Page 336
Letter to the editor: Witness to caring, generosity
While I was in a self-checkout lane at Shop ’n Save on Route 66 in Greensburg on March 21, a woman came up and asked if she could buy my groceries. I said, “Thank you very much, but I would prefer if you bought groceries for a family in need...
Letter to the editor: Strong immune system is key
School closings, sports event cancellations, food hoarding … we live in a new coronavirus-induced world. Yet some personal health facts remain unchanged. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers good advice for preventing community-spread and personal infection: Apply social distancing, sanitize surfaces, wash your hands, don’t touch your face....
Letter to the editor: Coronavirus & abortion
The covid-19 epidemic is a serious problem and requires our best efforts to combat its effects. Hundreds of thousands, or maybe even millions, may die from this deadly virus worldwide this year. We know that the elderly and those with compromised immune systems are most at risk and our concern...
Letter to the editor: We’ll be better country after coronavirus crisis
The order from Gov. Tom Wolf to Pennsylvania’s taverns and restaurants to limit service to takeout only initially shocked the industry. Fear of lost revenue and paychecks was very evident. Pennsylvania’s taverns and restaurants were the tip of the spear in this fight against coronavirus. Early and decisive decisions had...
Letter to the editor: Coronavirus cleaning methods suspect
I want to applaud the news media, including the Trib, for the extensive coverage during this coronavirus crisis. All the tips for keeping ourselves safe is certainly prudent at this time. However, watching the television as workers clean school buses, subways, vending machines, etc., I noticed something discouraging, even alarming...
Letter to the editor: The possible good that could emerge from covid-19 crisis
Let’s not ignore the possible positive results of this crisis: • Over 3,000 people die each month in car accidents in America. With traffic reduced, many of those people will live now. • Everyone who becomes infected, with or without symptoms, is likely to have acquired an immunity that may...
Letter to the editor: Gov. Tom Wolf perjured oath, should be removed
Neither the U.S. Constitution nor state constitutions provide for their own suspension. In 1866, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the still-standing Ex parte Milligan that the U.S. Constitution is the supreme law protecting all people in both war and peace and under all circumstances. It also states that none...
Letter to the editor: Fauci, health officials should be running country
Does anyone really believe that this coronavirus will diminish enough by Easter to send people back to work, open churches and let our children go back to school? President Trump seems to. In my opinion, he never lets facts from his intelligence people and health officials get in his way....
Letter to the editor: Proud of Excela, community
I have been an Excela Health nurse for over 28 years. I am so proud of our leadership under CEO John Sphon and Dr. Carol Fox, chief medical officer. Their constant communication to their staff regarding covid-19 is proof of their dedication to our safety and well-being, as well as...
Letter to the editor: Church members put us all at risk
I was truly believing we were all coming together to quell this coronavirus. I was seeing less traffic and more people heeding the advice of our officials and our medical professionals. Then, the news that 200 people congregated together at Word of Life Church on March 22 (“About 200 attend...
Letter to the editor: Pittsburgh Zoo is violating lease
It’s unclear what, if any, qualifications letter-writer Len Bach has to opine on the terms of the Pittsburgh Zoo’s lease with the city (“Pittsburgh Zoo’s accreditation doesn’t break lease,” March 15, TribLIVE). As a law professor, I assure you that if the lease requires accreditation by the Association of Zoos...
Letter to the editor: Wolf violated First Amendment, Civil Rights Act
The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”...
Letter to the editor: Government should issue cash via credit cards
The best way to get cash quickly into the hands of the people would be credit cards. This would solve the problem of having to leave the house to place an order, and the cash would get into the economy immediately. Also, it would make it impossible for anyone who...
Letter to the editor: Wolf should rethink liquor store closure
As the world faces an unprecedented pandemic, businesses and industries struggle to cope with uncertainty and the devastating impacts of covid-19. Leaders in every state are struggling to find a careful balance between protecting public health while also protecting the financial health of state and local economies. To date, Pennsylvania...
Letter to the editor: We need to put politics aside & come together
Though it’s nearly impossible for individual citizens to have much impact on the idiotic, partisan behavior of our elected representatives in Washington, it is possible to take a moment to recognize the actions of those who, regardless of political leanings, are out doing the jobs that are truly vital to...
Sounding off: Hoarding is un-American
The coronavirus outbreak has panicked people into hoarding food, paper products and sanitizing compounds. Consumers across the country are conducting binge purchases of these products, and most supermarkets are reporting bare shelves and difficulty in restocking them. The binging activity is very un-American. There is no need for people to...
Letter to the editor: God’s grace & covid-19
Never has our economy and day-to-day life come to a sudden and complete halt. In the coming months, we will see many of our neighbors lose their jobs and businesses. In addition to a very real fear of disease, we soon will be forced to confront the fear of being...
Letter to the editor: Men & women & coronavirus survival
This coronavirus is putting a crimp in my masculine world, and my wife’s from her feminine domain, because we are not free to move about the country. The thing is, I sort of have this illusion of myself as a roaring lion. And with the loudest burps I can conjure,...
Letter to the editor: Climate change the bigger threat
After months of lying, denying and downplaying the threat, President Trump finally admitted on March 16 that the virus is out of control (while giving himself a “10” for his handling of the crisis). He waited until it was no longer possible to deny the problem, instead at one point...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland County, we will be OK!
My wife always tells my children, “I would jump in front of a bus to save your life.” Westmoreland County, I want you to know that the doctors, nurses and first responders of this county will jump in front of a virus to save your lives! Every day health care...
Letter to the editor: Universities should focus on medicine, not athletics
The onset of the covid-19 virus already has brought our “normal” way of life to an abrupt halt. Our health care inadequacies will result in many more deaths than need be, if we were better prepared. Our economy will be in recession and likely a depression. Covid-19 also brings us...
Letter to the editor: God’s protection at Word of Life
I — and I’m sure those at Word of Life Church — believe and hope that letter-writer Dr. Marti Haykin is filled with love, compassion and courage as she attends to her physician duties (“For everyone’s sake, stay home!.” Those of us in attendance March 22 prayed for this nation,...
Letter to the editor: A look at covid-19 growth rates
The potential growth of covid-19 should be appreciated so as to maximize the hopefully short-term public response that is badly needed. If it takes its natural course, the virus tends to infect others at a compounding rate of 30% or so. That will lead to a peak infection supposedly around...
Letter to the editor: Word of Life Church’s large gathering shocking
As a mother, a physician and a Christian woman, I was truly concerned to see the number of vehicles at Word of Life Church Sunday morning. Then I was shocked to read that 200 people had gathered for a service in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic (“About 200 attend...
Letter to the editor: Schools must go online
I am completely at a loss — am I the lone person to believe all school districts should go online ASAP? The excuse that because we can’t educate every student, we can’t educate any, is completely ridiculous to me. We are in a state of national emergency. In this situation,...
