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There is so much to say about Kenny Parlet’s remarks in the Aug. 20 Record-Bee, it’s hard to know where to begin. But I’ll start by saying this: he and others who describe the pandemic as a “hoax” need to consult the dictionary to see if that is, indeed, what they mean to say.
Webster defines a hoax as “a deception for mockery or mischief: a practical joke.” So when PT Barnum put a wig on a little person and called him The Wild Man of Borneo, or hung a sign next to the door to go out which said “this way to the egress,” those were examples of hoaxes.
Six hundred thousand dead people, countless others on ventilators, hospitals (including or own) with ICUs at capacity, people suffering long haul effects … These are not hoaxes.
I was so disappointed to read that a community leader did not express any empathy for what others are experiencing regardless of what his personal beliefs are.
I am vaccinated and I would encourage others to get the shot also. But I also believe that it is a personal decision. However, if your employer decides for the safety of employees and the public they serve, that everyone should be vaccinated, you are free to seek employment elsewhere if you disagree.
However, masks are different. It’s too bad that the virus isn’t purple or red so we all could see it. You can be vaccinated, healthy, show no symptoms, and still be carrying the virus to infect others.
So here’s the bottom line: The air belongs to all of us and you don’t have the right to infect it. You can’t be a “virus polluter.” You have to wear a mask. It’s not about your freedom. You don’t have the freedom or the right to pollute the air that belongs to all of us.
So mask up, Lake County!
Carolynn Jarrett lives in Lakeport, California.
Webster defines a hoax as “a deception for mockery or mischief: a practical joke.” So when PT Barnum put a wig on a little person and called him The Wild Man of Borneo, or hung a sign next to the door to go out which said “this way to the egress,” those were examples of hoaxes.
Six hundred thousand dead people, countless others on ventilators, hospitals (including or own) with ICUs at capacity, people suffering long haul effects … These are not hoaxes.
I was so disappointed to read that a community leader did not express any empathy for what others are experiencing regardless of what his personal beliefs are.
I am vaccinated and I would encourage others to get the shot also. But I also believe that it is a personal decision. However, if your employer decides for the safety of employees and the public they serve, that everyone should be vaccinated, you are free to seek employment elsewhere if you disagree.
However, masks are different. It’s too bad that the virus isn’t purple or red so we all could see it. You can be vaccinated, healthy, show no symptoms, and still be carrying the virus to infect others.
So here’s the bottom line: The air belongs to all of us and you don’t have the right to infect it. You can’t be a “virus polluter.” You have to wear a mask. It’s not about your freedom. You don’t have the freedom or the right to pollute the air that belongs to all of us.
So mask up, Lake County!
Carolynn Jarrett lives in Lakeport, California.
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In response to comments made in the Aug. 20 Record-Bee, it seems the mayor of Lakeport is either deliberately or unintentionally deceitful and/or ignorant despite his alleged UCLA pre-med studies.
Pretty much everything he says is well-worn anti-vaxxer palaver.
First, masks are not designed or intended to filter out individual virus particles. Rather they effectively prevent the spread of aerosol-sized droplets in the range of one to five microns that are present in exhaled breath and is how COVID-19 is generally transmitted. And they certainly would capture sneeze-sized droplets. So if you care about yourself and others, wear a mask when appropriate, like when four people are standing behind the counter of a small, poorly ventilated meat market.
As far as "the vaccine has already killed well over 12,000 according to VAERS." Tucker Carlson might say so and maybe our mayor believes it, but that doesn't make it true.
Anti-vaccine advocates are once again falsely citing the VAERS database, and have for decades, to further their misinformation campaign.
Hey, let's not be like Alabama, with the lowest percentage of vaccinated people in the country and the lowest number of I.C.U. beds ... there are none.
Remember smallpox? How about polio? How about rabies? No? I wonder why?
Finally, I find it hard to believe that anyone would say 656,393 Americans were killed by a “total hoax.”
Andrew Tritchler lives in Lakeport, California.
Pretty much everything he says is well-worn anti-vaxxer palaver.
First, masks are not designed or intended to filter out individual virus particles. Rather they effectively prevent the spread of aerosol-sized droplets in the range of one to five microns that are present in exhaled breath and is how COVID-19 is generally transmitted. And they certainly would capture sneeze-sized droplets. So if you care about yourself and others, wear a mask when appropriate, like when four people are standing behind the counter of a small, poorly ventilated meat market.
As far as "the vaccine has already killed well over 12,000 according to VAERS." Tucker Carlson might say so and maybe our mayor believes it, but that doesn't make it true.
Anti-vaccine advocates are once again falsely citing the VAERS database, and have for decades, to further their misinformation campaign.
Hey, let's not be like Alabama, with the lowest percentage of vaccinated people in the country and the lowest number of I.C.U. beds ... there are none.
Remember smallpox? How about polio? How about rabies? No? I wonder why?
Finally, I find it hard to believe that anyone would say 656,393 Americans were killed by a “total hoax.”
Andrew Tritchler lives in Lakeport, California.
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