To the editor: Because of The Instances’ editorial workers for publishing Dr. Peter Chin-Hong’s Dec. 20 opinion piece, “Fowl flu is coming for people. We are able to both prepare or court docket catastrophe.”
Thanks additionally to The Instances for its wonderful protection of the unfold of H5N1 throughout our state and nation. It’s a nice public service.
As a doctor who cared for sufferers, households and associates throughout the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, I deeply admire Chin-Hong’s smart name for elevated public consciousness and scientifically sound steps to forestall or mitigate a critical outbreak or pandemic of a newly rising hen flu.
The Instances, our elected representatives and our medical and public well being management might want to deal successfully with the challenges posed within the COVID-19 pandemic, together with public apathy, anti-science sentiment and political bias.
Dr. Brian Johnston, Culver Metropolis
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To the editor: One other choice to restrict the unfold of the H5N1 flu is for individuals to cease ingesting the milk of one other animal. How did we purchase into the notion that we’ve to devour cows’ milk to outlive?
Alison M. Grimes, Yorba Linda
