Trump’s medical experiment
Re: “Trump said he’s been taking a malaria drug,” May 19 news story
Our omniscient president is overtly choosing to practice his art of deception on himself rather than us. How refreshing. There is a concern that his endorsement hydroxychloroquine as a panacea for COVID-19 will cause a mad dash to corner the market on this drug thus causing a shortage for those who have a genuine need.
Well, I for one am willing to make such a sacrifice so that alchemist Trump can vigorously pursue his self-experimentation. However the question remains: Is he experimenting on himself or is he again experimenting on us with yet another monstrous lie?
Bob Bonacci, Littleton
Why Congress is not essential
The irony and hypocrisy is so glaring and blatant it defies logic. This is very simple, so whichever side of the political spectrum you reside on, this should give you pause.
Police, fire, liquor store, pot shop, hardware store, and grocery store workers, nurses and doctors, just to name a few, are listed by our elected and un-elected bureaucrats as essential, and should continue going to work. Historically, government has been unqualified and dangerous when it picks winners and losers.
Since some members of congress want to stay home, in some cases in their palatial-protected homes, while they say they “feel your pain, and we are all in this together,” it should be noted by all that they are clearly not essential by their own definition, yet they make the rules and happily spend our grandchildren’s money and legacy to make points for the 2020 election.
I am left with several thoughts, some of which could not be printed, so I will leave you with this: Congress is comprised of a bunch of self-serving pompous hypocrites. Please remember in November, those that “feel your pain.”
Myron Spanier, Aurora
Bias in counting virus deaths?
Re: “Method to post deaths changes,” May 16 news story
The article about the way deaths are reported ends with a quote from Colorado state Rep. Mark Baisley questioning the motivation of why the state would change the cause of death. Perhaps it would be smarter to consider why a retirement community (and others) would not want to report deaths as COVID-19 related.
Perhaps a financial motivation to a private company that would be affected by COVID reported deaths? Political motivation for someone that would like to contend that the governor’s “safer at home” orders should be lifted? Perhaps the state’s motivation is just trying to provide an accurate count balancing the biases some people and organizations might have not to make an accurate report.
Stan Ward, Greenwood Village
Health Force? Yes, please
Re: “Create a national health force … ” May 17 guest commentary
My heartfelt thanks to Sen. Michael Bennet and Reps. Diana DeGette and Jason Crow. Their op-ed was inspiring and promoted an outstanding idea, the National Health Force. At this difficult time in our country, I cannot imagine anything more discouraging than graduating from college or high school during an economic depression and a viral pandemic.
As Bennet, DeGette and Crow suggest, “The hundreds of thousands newly trained recruits would not only help us overcome this pandemic more quickly, they would also bolster our public health workforce for challenges to come.”
I encourage all citizens of Colorado to contact your senators and representative and ask them to support this terrific idea. Our graduates deserve such an opportunity and everyone would benefit as well.
Eileen McQuillan, Denver
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