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Letter to the editor: Vaccines and masks saved lives

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| Tuesday, May 28, 2024 5:00 a.m.

The writer of the letter “What would Reagan think?” (May 20, TribLive) asks, “Did the government help anyone by mandating multiple injections of an experimental drug … and requiring masks?” The intelligent answer is an emphatic “yes.”

Regrettably many American lives were lost because these requirements didn’t come soon enough. President Trump mocked people who wore masks and spread much misinformation about vaccines. Trump is not an epidemiologist and could have saved many lives by letting the experts, like Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx, take charge. Fortunately, President Biden enacted the measures the letter-writer complains about, and now covid is under control. Places where people congregate, such as schools, had to be shut down for a time. A minor inconvenience that saved many lives.

The writer also complains about Biden allowing “illegal” immigrants to “flood the country.” That’s wrong, but as for the title of his letter, if you Google “Reagan’s statement on immigration,” you find that President Reagan was very much in favor of immigration.

Recently the House passed a bill that would have controlled immigration, but was tabled at Trump’s request. He needs the immigration issue, since he can’t credibly run on the economy. After all, his tax cuts for the rich added trillions to the national debt, and contributed heavily to the inflation we are experiencing.

Remember Trump promised to eliminate our debt? The words just fall out of his mouth, and the stupid among us will apparently believe anything he says, despite his more than 30,000 verified lies during his administration.

Fred Durig

Delmont


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