Letters

Today (Tuesday), I saw two wildly differing opinion pieces regarding the pandemic. Statements such as, “It seems now to be fairly well established...,” are meaningless with no evidence.

Just want to clarify for Ms. Linda Lutes, RN, that annual TB vaccines are NOT routinely administered in this country.

At Sky Harbor Airport, I asked a police officer at the information booth if so many of the inside businesses were closed because it was after 5 p.m., or due to COVID or staffing.

OK, what now? We have tried education, scientific facts, statistics, common sense and logic in fighting the rapid rise in COVID cases.

It is time for practically every jurisdiction in the western world to acknowledge that they have dismally failed to manage the COVID crisis.

Government officials recently conceded that their hospitalization figures for COVID-19 were overstated substantially due to including those hospitalized for other conditions who tested positive for COVID-19.

This past Sunday’s production of ¡Andalusia! in our own Yavapai College Performing Arts Center may have been the best Arizona Philharmonic concert yet — judging by audience reaction: Frequent bravo’s, olé’s, and maybe the longest standing ovation for a classical concert in Prescott, ever.

Here we are, again. The world in yet another pandemic tailspin. The future uncertain and not guaranteed. We created this mess.

Political fighting often brings out the worst in people. Today, the tide of hate and division threatens all of us.

Why do Republicans keep harping on having the election stolen?

A plea to dog owners; this morning our hiking group covered about five miles on the Peavine Trail.

People across the country are asking themselves if 2022 will be a better year. The answer is doubtful, because the impact of Russia’s and China’s global ambitions are yet to be seen. Numerous bumps lay in the road ahead for the Biden Administration to negotiate.

Thank you from Miss Kitty’s Cat House! Miss Kitty’s would like to thank the following local businesses for their generous donations to us during the holiday season...

Thank you for the new format, with a lot more info, at the weather forecast section on page 2.

Enough with the denial about COVID. The vaccines work and work well. It is practically a miracle that they were developed so quickly to combat a deadly virus that has killed more than 800,000 Americans.

Sen. Chuck Schumer wants to vote on “voting rights” (HR.1 & S1, Sen. Mark Kelly’s bill) right away. Why? It allows the federal government to take over state elections.

Coronavirus mRNA vaccines are very safe with a severe side-effect incidence rate of under 0.0025%.

This is in response to Rants & Raves: In response to all who are using the unvaccinated as a scapegoat:

Hello to the cyclists of Prescott area! I walk and hike for fitness but I used to ride a mountain bike too. I have been on both sides of the issue.

The Dec. 22 Prescott Valley Tribune’s “Our Readers Speak,” and the Courier before that, included a letter from Harvey Shaw of Prescott and addressed his views on the alleged COVID-19 pandemic.

While the medical community sees the effects of the COVID pandemic up close and personal, it would seem a shame that Dr. Tom Rusing’s Talk of the Town column (Dec. 28), though factually “preached,” likely fell on the ears of only the choir.

The House recently passed a $770 billion military budget for 2022. It was approved with a truly bi-partisan vote of 363 to 70. Why is it that each year the Congress has no problem passing bills to fund the Pentagon, but when it comes to funding for the needs of our citizens, it is too expensive?

First off, a drought as long as 20 years isn’t a drought. It’s a change in climate.

At last week’s Prescott City Council meeting, citizens spoke on behalf of the PROTECT campaign, which urges the city to prepare for the effects of climate change in our area.

Sunday you published a rant that said, “Recent data from the UK shows 63.5% of all COVID deaths were vaccinated.” While it may have said this in part of the UK report, the writer fails to point out that because the older population is so highly vaccinated the percentage numbers alone are a distortion of what is happening.