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I’m responding to Marc Chamberlin’s letter regarding his and a small group of people’s sensitivity to the sight of needles going into arms (Our Readers’ Views, June 3). I’m far more bothered by the images of body bags on gurneys waiting to be refrigerated because so many people are dying, children who live in the richest country in the world sleeping on the street, and elderly people of all races being assaulted on public streets just because they’re perceived as an easy mark or belong to a certain race of people.
Letter: Faulty logic leads to more deaths By Joe Maurer, Vancouver
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Responding to Ms. Bousquet and Ms. Rider (Our Readers’ Views, June 6): The word “experimental” or any derivative thereof appears nowhere in the description of emergency use authorization. All vaccines, COVID-19’s included, must pass a rigorous evaluation and testing process to even be considered for emergency use.
You can find all of this easily on the FDA’s website at emergency use authorization for vaccines explained. U.S. deaths number 611,611, with infections numbering 34.2 million. That is 1.8 percent deaths. Following the logic of these University of Facebook graduates, given the population of the U.S. is around 330 million and a 1.8 percent death rate, they are willing to accept nearly 6 million deaths just to avoid taking the vaccine.
Ken Loehlein’s letter (“Demand solutions in Israel,” Our Readers’ Views, May 20) demanding solutions in Israel demands everything from Israelis and nothing from Palestinians.
Letter: Plan is needed for sustainable salmon By Rick Krahn, Camas
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Mark Swenson’s letter regarding declining fish stocks (“Overfishing is the issue,” Our Readers’ Views, May 22) raises an important point. History has shown us the consequences of overharvesting natural resources (see “Collapse” by Jared Diamond). And while there are many factors that are causing the decline and possible extinction of our native Pacific salmon species, Swenson is correct that unsustainable predation by the various user groups is a major factor.
More than 20 years ago, a client of mine who operated a fleet of commercial fishing boats throughout the Pacific told me that the ocean was being fished out given the number of boats and the advanced technology being used. I have been an avid sport and commercial salmon fisherman, and so I am sympathetic to both as iconic to our region.