Letters to the Editor category, Page 340
Letter to the editor: Pittsburgh Zoo is violating lease
It’s unclear what, if any, qualifications letter-writer Len Bach has to opine on the terms of the Pittsburgh Zoo’s lease with the city (“Pittsburgh Zoo’s accreditation doesn’t break lease,” March 15, TribLIVE). As a law professor, I assure you that if the lease requires accreditation by the Association of Zoos...
Letter to the editor: Wolf violated First Amendment, Civil Rights Act
The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”...
Letter to the editor: Government should issue cash via credit cards
The best way to get cash quickly into the hands of the people would be credit cards. This would solve the problem of having to leave the house to place an order, and the cash would get into the economy immediately. Also, it would make it impossible for anyone who...
Letter to the editor: Wolf should rethink liquor store closure
As the world faces an unprecedented pandemic, businesses and industries struggle to cope with uncertainty and the devastating impacts of covid-19. Leaders in every state are struggling to find a careful balance between protecting public health while also protecting the financial health of state and local economies. To date, Pennsylvania...
Letter to the editor: We need to put politics aside & come together
Though it’s nearly impossible for individual citizens to have much impact on the idiotic, partisan behavior of our elected representatives in Washington, it is possible to take a moment to recognize the actions of those who, regardless of political leanings, are out doing the jobs that are truly vital to...
Sounding off: Hoarding is un-American
The coronavirus outbreak has panicked people into hoarding food, paper products and sanitizing compounds. Consumers across the country are conducting binge purchases of these products, and most supermarkets are reporting bare shelves and difficulty in restocking them. The binging activity is very un-American. There is no need for people to...
Letter to the editor: God’s grace & covid-19
Never has our economy and day-to-day life come to a sudden and complete halt. In the coming months, we will see many of our neighbors lose their jobs and businesses. In addition to a very real fear of disease, we soon will be forced to confront the fear of being...
Letter to the editor: Men & women & coronavirus survival
This coronavirus is putting a crimp in my masculine world, and my wife’s from her feminine domain, because we are not free to move about the country. The thing is, I sort of have this illusion of myself as a roaring lion. And with the loudest burps I can conjure,...
Letter to the editor: Climate change the bigger threat
After months of lying, denying and downplaying the threat, President Trump finally admitted on March 16 that the virus is out of control (while giving himself a “10” for his handling of the crisis). He waited until it was no longer possible to deny the problem, instead at one point...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland County, we will be OK!
My wife always tells my children, “I would jump in front of a bus to save your life.” Westmoreland County, I want you to know that the doctors, nurses and first responders of this county will jump in front of a virus to save your lives! Every day health care...
Letter to the editor: Universities should focus on medicine, not athletics
The onset of the covid-19 virus already has brought our “normal” way of life to an abrupt halt. Our health care inadequacies will result in many more deaths than need be, if we were better prepared. Our economy will be in recession and likely a depression. Covid-19 also brings us...
Letter to the editor: God’s protection at Word of Life
I — and I’m sure those at Word of Life Church — believe and hope that letter-writer Dr. Marti Haykin is filled with love, compassion and courage as she attends to her physician duties (“For everyone’s sake, stay home!.” Those of us in attendance March 22 prayed for this nation,...
Letter to the editor: A look at covid-19 growth rates
The potential growth of covid-19 should be appreciated so as to maximize the hopefully short-term public response that is badly needed. If it takes its natural course, the virus tends to infect others at a compounding rate of 30% or so. That will lead to a peak infection supposedly around...
Letter to the editor: Word of Life Church’s large gathering shocking
As a mother, a physician and a Christian woman, I was truly concerned to see the number of vehicles at Word of Life Church Sunday morning. Then I was shocked to read that 200 people had gathered for a service in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic (“About 200 attend...
Letter to the editor: Schools must go online
I am completely at a loss — am I the lone person to believe all school districts should go online ASAP? The excuse that because we can’t educate every student, we can’t educate any, is completely ridiculous to me. We are in a state of national emergency. In this situation,...
Letter to the editor: ‘Lion’ Fauci makes US a leader
There is a question regarding the origin of a quote about remaining silent and thought to be a fool versus speaking and removing all doubt. In his haste to discredit Donald Trump, letter-writer Robert J. Reiland (“Trump’s leadership not reassuring,” March 25, TribLIVE) displays his ignorance of virology and laboratory...
Letter to the editor: Why should we pay taxes if we can’t earn a living?
We now know that the government (both federal and state) thinks we, the proletariat, are “nonessential.” They showed us this by decreeing that some of us hold non-essential jobs and shut us out of those jobs, thus destroying our livelihoods. In my life, I’ve found that if someone hates me,...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s leadership not reassuring
President Trump has tried to reassure the public that everything possible is being done to contain the new coronavirus, but in the absence of extensive testing, this means nothing. The government’s slow response in developing accurate testing that can be used quickly is not excusable in a nation that spends...
Letter to the editor: Gov. Tom Wolf’s moves not an ‘attack’
I must disagree in the extreme with the tone of your editorial “Wolf’s excessive attack on the Pa. economy will hurt lives.” While many (including myself) disagree with the scope and execution of Gov. Tom Wolf’s rollout of measures to help stop the spread of covid-19, you can’t actually believe...
Letter to the editor: We need to offset China’s control
When Communist China was “opened up” by President Richard Nixon in the 1970s, American businesses salivated at the prospect of a brand-new, billion-person market. Fifty years later it has taken a coronavirus pandemic to make it apparent that we are totally dependent upon China to provide integral components of some...
Letter to the editor: Churches are not under attack
I would like to acknowledge Pastor Tom Walters of Word of Life Church for his willingness to graciously accept and respond to criticism for his decision to hold worship services this past Sunday (“Hempfield church pastor apologizes for open services on Sunday,” March 23, TribLIVE). He certainly does not deserve...
Letter to the editor: ‘Protection’ for frail elderly seems like punishment
The common narrative to endure social distancing measures is to protect the frail elderly. There are unintended consequences of the world we’ve imposed on them, based on my recent rounds in nursing facilities. Many elderly there are frail with debility and dementia. Usually an otherwise mundane existence is broken up...
Letter to the editor: Great time to clean up our littered roads
During this time of uncertainty, closures and orders to stay home, let’s do something productive. A lot of people are not at work and kids are off school, so get out with your kids and do a little spring cleaning along the roads. Litter is everywhere and looks disgusting. Dave...
Letter to the editor: For everyone’s sake, stay home!
I started this morning on my knees, praying that God would fill me with love, compassion and courage, and then I made my way to Westmoreland Hospital, where I am a physician. The mood at the hospital is tense. As of March 22, we still have limited capacity to perform...
Letter to the editor: Covid-19 & overpopulation
All the Earth’s environmental problems are a direct result of overpopulation. Any other consideration is a result of, and not in addition to, overpopulation. Overpopulation results in polluted water, air pollution, deforestation, rising crime rates, loss of wildlife leading to mass extinctions, widespread food shortages, vanishing fish in the oceans,...
