To the editor: A life is a lot to lose
Suggestions to fight off coronavirus from President Trump haven’t been helpful.
Sun, 24 May 2020 04:00:00 GMT
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President Trump continues to scare and confuse me about the coronavirus pandemic. Early on he said that it was going to go away down to zero cases. Now we have a million and a half cases. He said it was a Democrat hoax, but that wasn’t true either. He claimed in March that I could get a test, but I couldn’t. He said that it was like the flu and would go away in warmer weather. It hasn’t.
Recently he suggested that injection of bleach might take care of the infection, but my wife suggested that I ought not try that. Nor did I attempt to insert an ultraviolet light for fear of electrocution. Now I need to call my family doctor to get a prescription for hydroxychloroquine. President Trump revealed that he has been taking that drug for several days. He said, “What do you have to lose?”
Perhaps my life?
DENIS EBLE
Sylvania Township
Statistics and fear
As we have increased testing, how will positive tests of prior cases not look like a current spike in the coronavirus? There is already way too much panic and fear. I’m just hopeful that someday, when we get more testing, we will realize that a much larger percentage of the population has had this virus and we can make safe and sound decisions moving forward.
LISA TAYLOR
Sylvania Township
Rein in ProMedica
I was shocked to see consideration being given for ProMedica to build a facility in Maumee.
They already own most of the Colony area and South Toledo. St. Luke’s Hospital is able handle this area.
Letting ProMedica build in Maumee will obviously hurt St. Luke’s. I hope it is not a done deal.
While I am on this subject, I hope a way will be found to save the University of Toledo Medical Center.
CHRIS SWIATEK
Perrysburg
Human needs 1st
The leadership position of a country in our world can be measured as being large or small.
Large countries use their success to donate to and support positive activities in countries with fewer resources. Smaller countries are often on the receiving end of such help due to resource limitations.
The United States of America has long been one of the large countries. The greatest philanthropists and the collective efforts of the American people have made America the largest country in the world.
We have a specific opportunity to show the world what kind of country we are. In this time of pandemic, Iran has been hit particularly hard by the virus.
PPE, ventilators, and medical help are in extremely short supply, well below their need.
Our sanctions are the reason why.
We could show some compassion to the Iranian people by permanently removing the sanctions which currently prohibit Iran from obtaining the medical supplies they need so desperately.
Politics should not override the humanitarian needs.
Our position as a large country has suffered terribly in the last few years.
It would cost our country nearly nothing to lift these sanctions and help Iran on a people-to-people basis. Imagine how the rest of the world would view us?
The question is: Do we want to be seen as a large country or a small country?
BILL MILLER
South Toledo