In the weekend edition (Feb. 5-6, letters), L. Papineau of Durango claimed that mainstream media fail to provide “genuine science” to support the “dogma” of pandemic control offered by government. He recommended that we consult “fresh journalistic resources,” review available data and then “let the chips fall where they may.” This is dangerous rubbish.
Our top medical professionals advised vaccination beginning in mid-2020. Had we done this in a unified, nationwide program, the worst of the pandemic would be over and fewer would have died. But we didn’t, so the pandemic rages on. In early 2020, we would have done well to review a not-fresh, not-journalistic Centers for Disease Control and Prevention document subtitled “14 Diseases You Almost Forgot About (Thanks to Vaccines).” This would have reminded us that chickenpox, diphtheria, influenza, hepatitis A and B, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), human papillomavirus, measles, meningococcus, mumps, pneumococcus, polio, rotavirus, rubella, tetanus and whooping cough have all been controlled or virtually eliminated in the U.S. by use of vaccines.
Papineau’s list of doctors and one sportscaster who presumably represent his sources of “genuine science” have all had their nonfactual posts removed from social media platforms because such posts are dangerous. Where “the chips fall” is here: The non-vaccinated have twice the probability of infection and 20 times the probability of death from coronavirus compared with the fully vaccinated (The New York Times; Feb. 5; “Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count, Rates for Vaccinated and Unvaccinated”; data from CDC).
Thomas D. Dahmer
Durango
