David Frum asked why so many Americans boycotted vaccines and found his answers in political conflicts, misinformation and irrational reactions. But rational distrust of the health care system also lags behind this resistance.
Covid is coming soon after the opioid crisis. Many people, especially in the Red State, have been in trouble with a class of drugs that promote cutting-edge science. The opioid crisis is just one example of moral failure in U.S. health care. The nature of the Hippocratic oath - putting the welfare of the patient on all other motivations - is motivated by overtreatment and inexperienced, making the time, blood and money damaged by citizens. Although I hope that with Frum, the future belongs to those who help their country, it is wrong for us to first agree that anyone profits from hurting people in any way.
Sarah M. Brownsberger
Bellingham, Washington.
I am very grateful for David Frum's writing, but I think this article reviews effective skepticism in government during times of crisis. Official advice is always made as a decree. I don't like being told not to ask questions. Again, I understand why some people are worried about receiving a hurry-to-be vaccine using brand new mRNA technology. I would love to see the bodies in public on both sides of this debate. That's good for all of us.
Mike Bergman
Minneapolis, mine.
Thanks to David Frum for his analysis of why Covid Deniers won. But as a doctor, I believe Froome missed one of the main reasons for denying Donald Trump’s return. This factor is medical, not social, and it is crucial for us to avoid greater disasters during the next pandemic.
Trump is lucky, partly because of the nature of the coronavirus, which is relatively smaller than other virus species. Most deaths occur in older patients, long-term illness or other previous illnesses. As a result, the pandemic, tragically lacks elements of horror, which may be accompanied by the horror caused by a more essentially deadly virus. No wonder people end up laughing at masks and locking up schools. Right-wing media can rotate the common rejection rejection into a wise response to them as an epidemiologically ineffective one.
Unfortunately, Trump may not be so lucky next time. Potential killer viruses may lurk outside the horizon: bird flu, commonly known as bird flu. The World Health Organization is very shocked by the shock of the virus, as the virus has been cut down in the poultry industry and many dairy populations, with only a few mutations ranging from being able to pass through humans to humans. The mortality rate of bird flu is about 50%. The young man was unfortunately spared.
President Trump’s appointment and policies will greatly amplify any risks to the U.S. population. If bird flu starts to infect large numbers of humans, the chance of developing a vaccine soon seems to be slim. Not only will we paralyze the anti-vaxxers: our biomedical research capabilities are undermined by cuts to the NIH budget cuts.
If a bird fusion river pandemic hits, Trump can come up with an ancient Covid-19 script. why not? It worked last time. But the viral traits of the next pandemic may make it difficult for him to escape the responsibility of the nightmare that may follow.
Brad Stuart, MD
Forestville, California.
Many decisions must be made quickly in the first few weeks after the coronavirus. Not surprisingly, many decisions now look good.
But the deadliest of all the wrong decisions is an effort to prevent conservative Americans from receiving the Covid vaccine. Thousands of people die unnecessarily because they follow the advice of leaders they trust.
The locking is too strict. Masking is mostly useless. Blue State schools should reopen sooner. But these wrong gravity has shrunk compared to malicious efforts to devalue vaccination. So yes, let's criticize overzealous mistakes. But at present, those who have government power in the United States are the deadliest record and have no conscience.
In the March question, Gary Shteyngart wrote that his pursuit ended his life's fashion pain.
Gary Shteyngart looked incredible, wearing his new suit! I would be willing to marry Gary, based on his appearance alone, like those New York streets he owns. Boston ladies love a man in a beautiful suit.
Ruth Morss
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Read "Look at my suit!" is satisfying on many levels. I totally agree that women shouldn't bring all the fun to clothes. Some people wear clothes that impress others, while others dress up to please themselves. When you complete it at once, you can achieve perfection. I envious shteyngart hit the bull in the eye.
Not that I dreamed about having higher shoe expertise than Yohei Fukuno, but brown suede shoes and blue suit? Brown shoes with dark blue suits are acceptable, but not preferred. Plus, the world's most elegant suede shoes are still informal. Even if they have diamonds on the sole, I would never throw $3,000 on a pair of suede shoes. The final tip for considering improving their fashion game: If you are reluctant to shave, you can even make a $10,000 suit.
All Mickey
Austin, Texas
In April’s question, Judith Shulevitz considers how Chaim Grade Children Rescue a destroyed world.
I translated four books by Chaim Grade and placed them with American publishers in the 1970s. I have a wonderful personal relationship with the class (a kind of uncle's New York bond). I am honored to help him put it on the map: when I complete two masterpieces of translation, YeshivaI found a house with the noble Bobbs-Merrill, a more famous publisher that published my early translations. It also published my first novel Yemeni girls.
Many ultra-orthodox Jews read Grade's works, including Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, head of the Chabad organization worldwide. Grade told me that Schneerson once called him to ask how he felt, and somehow felt he was sick.
"Rebe, how do you know I'm not good?" asked.
“Because I haven’t seen your weekly chapters for two weeks Yeshiva exist Morgn-JournalRebe replied. "So I think it must be a problem." Morgn-Journal It is Yiddish that contributes the novel every day.
Shulevitz is worth noting that, in addition to his Holocaust memoirs, Seven small lanesthe Holocaust was not mentioned in his work. But if you read the last page carefully YeshivaOne can't help feeling the rank of elegy tone, that other trains will come soon.
Leviant Curt
Edison, New Jersey
In this month’s cover story, “Donald Trump is enjoying this,” Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer provide a clear description of the president’s political comeback. They discussed with Trump how he used his power and drew lessons from his first semester to camp the country (and in his words, the “world”). For our cover image, illustrator Dale Stephanos drew a photo of Trump in North Las Vegas last fall with a pencil.
- Paul Spelling,,,,, Senior Art Director
"Growth Murdoch" (April) initially said King Lear For Cordelia. In fact, it targets Goneril. "Turtleboy won't be stopped" (April) misrepresents the night Karen Read spent in prison. She spent two nights in prison, not one. "The Foresighted Man with a Beast" (April) initially said that the Barnes Foundation was actually the first modern art museum in the United States. Actually, this is the first one.
This article appears in June 2025 Printed version titled "Commons".