Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden and a longtime Democratic operative, was tasked by President Barack Obama with running the government’s response to the Ebola crisis. (AP Photo/Revolution)
The Ebola scare has once again given the GOP the opportunity to blame President Obama for yet another crisis. The negative ads blaming Obama and/or the White House for every policy problem — real or imagined — are ridiculous. To be fair, what about the reports that the GOP has whittled away important funding for dozens of health programs, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since 2010? These ads are just more evidence of the political divide in our country. When is Washington going to work together to solve our problems?
Carolyn McIntosh, Littleton
This letter was published in the Oct. 22 edition.Fear is a problematic tool for good decision-making.
We need to deal with the Ebola concern. The best solution to avoiding Ebola is to not travel to West Africa and to send money to those who are fighting the outbreak there. And in the meantime, everyone over 6 months old should get a flu shot. On average, the flu sends 200,000 people in the U.S. to the hospital each year. Up to 49,000 die.
After that, ensure that your children are immunized and revisit your views on gun control. This week, more than 600 people in the U.S. will die from a gunshot.
If we are going to be afraid, letap be afraid of things that are much closer to home and the way we actually live.
Tracey Welch, Westminster
This letter was published in the Oct. 22 edition.Re: “Obama’s man on Ebola is former Biden staff chief,” Oct. 18 news story.
With the appointment of a political operative to be “Ebola czar,” there can be no doubt that President Obama does not have the best interests of U.S. citizens at heart. If he was serious, he would appoint a respected medical or senior military person for such duties. However, itap doubtful that such a person of integrity would agree to provide the public with deceitful and misleading information required by this White House. In protecting their countries, Mexican and African despots seem to have more common sense and determination to be safe than this president has demonstrated.
Shreve Myers, Parker
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