To the editor: Now that Donald Trump will probably be president and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will probably be a powerful affect on well being coverage in America, right here is that this physician’s nightmare.
Authorities coverage will discourage new vaccines and hinder the administration of current ones. Legal responsibility waivers for vaccine improvement will probably be ended. Authorities propaganda will persuade Individuals to concern vaccines.
With much less vaccination, kids will die of measles and different illnesses. And the Trump administration will management the event and launch of well being knowledge, so the general public received’t be told of those disastrous insurance policies.
That’s how intolerant democracies comparable to Viktor Orbán’s Hungary, which Trump admires, function.
Richard W. Merel, M.D., Hermosa Seaside
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To the editor: It’s good to see Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature assembly to fortify and defend the state towards the incoming Trump administration’s anticipated onslaught on a spread of points.
However I’m not seeing concern over our state’s public well being infrastructure, particularly if Kennedy performs a key function within the White Home.
I’m pondering of vaccine availability, ample provides of non-public protecting gear for well being employees within the occasion of a requirement surge comparable to one other pandemic, hospital beds and emergency room staffing, meals and restaurant inspectors, reasonably priced medicine and different issues. Let’s hope that’s a part of California’s plan.
Steve Tarzynski, M.D., Santa Monica
