A modest proposal for helping hospitals Over 95 percent of the COVID-19 patients in our hospitals have not been vaccinated. The unvaccinated are putting a great deal of stress on our health care system; ICUs are overflowing and non-COVID medical procedures are having to be postponed. The flood of infectious COVID patients is causing space…
Letters to the Editor, September 8, 2021
Unless we place a high price on carbon dioxide pollution, other necessary policies can’t work soon enough. The good news is that where pollution prices are high enough, mostly in Europe, they have reduced carbon dioxide emissions.
Letters to the Editor, September 1, 2021
Smallpox was eliminated world-wide because of mass vaccinations, and polio has been nearly exterminated. Both were threats in our childhood, and we had to get vaccinated before entering first grade. Nobody put up a fuss – we were so thankful for the vaccines.
Letters to the Editor, August 25, 2021
The removal of the planter and the granite steps which supported the McKinley statue on the Plaza has also possibly removed an important part of the City of Arcata’s elevation datum system.
Letters to the Editor, August 12, 2021
A recent report shows that the capacity of our local hospitals is being threatened by a patient surge due to the COVID Delta variant. Statistics indicate that well over 90 percent of these patients are typically unvaccinated.
Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Variants Need Love A Dark Haiku Variants need love, So don’t get vaccinated; Make them feel wanted. Sherman Schapiro Eureka Olympic exclusion The Olympic games are a profound symbol of world peace, assembling athletes from all over the world to compete for their love of sport, country, and humanity. Athletes’ stories of overcoming poverty, war,…
Letters to the Editor, July 14, 2021
Animals can be attracted to the smell of food in a plastic or glass receptacle and end up suffering because they can’t free themselves.
Letters: Arcata Bottom mega-grow needs an EIR
At least meet Nordic Aquafarms’ standard – do an EIR Humboldt County appears hell bent on approving massive projects like the mega cannabis grows and the (proposed) fish factory. In every case, citizens and environmental groups have been clamoring for EIR’s. So why is it that the county is so reluctant and unresponsive to the…
Letters to the Editor, June 23, 2021
A burst of sunshine
At the end of a long stalk;
A dandelion.
Letters to the Editor, May 26, 2021
Preserve Arcata Bottom (Letter sent to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors:) Senator McGuire is concerned enough about the drought to call a town hall meeting, and we hope that our Board of Supervisors will also share this concern. My husband and I live on three acres on the Arcata Bottom, land passed down from…