To The Daily Sun,
I don't usually write letters to the editor, but Steve Earle's very short letter in the Feb. 9 edition is filled with false information. The COVID vaccine is not intended to keep you from getting the virus, but preventing you from dying from it. So those 70% of people he is "quoting" all could have had far worse symptoms or been dead. The statement that smallpox and polio were not viruses is just not true. From the Mayo Clinic: "Polio is an infectious disease caused by a virus that can spread from person to person and cause paralysis." And "smallpox was once one of the leading health threats facing the human species. Caused by a virus, smallpox used to kill up to a third of the people who developed the illness." The reason both of these viruses are no longer around is that everyone was required to get them as they were public health issues and I too got them in elementary school. In the future, The Daily Sun should be providing a link on letters such as these that continue to promote false information.
Tony Greco
Moultonborough
(2) comments
Earle is unreachable. Lives in an alternate reality. Science is just not in his lexicon and never will be
Unfortunately the false information in these letters are just regurgitating what Fox News entertainers are telling them. It’s no wonder that research has shown their audience is more misinformed on the news of the day than those who don’t follow the news at all. I hope Fox will be held accountable for more than their election lies, but I think that they are just giving their audience what it wants to hear.
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