To the editor: As a survivor of polio 75 years in the past, having been quarantined for “scarlet fever” after that and turning into a doctor, I can say personally and professionally: I like vaccines and vaccinations. The present outbreak of COVID (“COVID rising quick in California, fueled by new ‘Stratus’ variant tied to Omicron,” Aug. 26) within the face of Well being and Human Companies Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine non-leadership factors to a daunting chance for therefore many individuals compromised by growing old and sickness: a extra extreme COVID case that could possibly be deadly.
I hope and pray folks will observe the science and their pediatricians and first care physicians who know the science, and get vaccinations as they turn into out there. It could be tragic to see one other case of polio in these United States.
Robert Kalayjian, Lengthy Seaside
