Recently three friends told me that they are not vaccinated but “could think about it” after seeing how things go (as if their expertise trumps that of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
I’ve also had two occasions where retail employees have told me that while they are accessible, they will not be moved.
It is not in my nature to confront people with such decisions. Teaching friends is inconvenient; Lecturers, counterproductive. But such decisions in the face of COVID-19 are not a benevolent expression of personal preference. They are obviously dangerous sins of omission.
People who rely on others known to take minor risks to contain a pandemic while unwilling to do so are irresponsible. Companies that tolerate such behavior by employees are reprehensible.
Vaccinations protect our school children from a variety of preventable diseases. It is time for the silent majority to tell the closed non-Vaxxers to grow up and accept what is good for us all.
Stephen Turner
Pacific heights
Super rich rewarded for their contributions
Regarding recent articles on the super-rich like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk who pay little or no income tax in certain years, it was all within the limits of our tax laws, and unlike ordinary taxpayers, they have armies of accountants and lawyers defend from the IRS. All of these people have fundamentally changed the world, both economically and in the way we live.
With no risk or reward, the most likely outcome is a world without innovation. Does it make sense to punish success and reward failure? The United States is considered the land of milk and honey, where everyone has the chance to thrive through ingenuity, creativity, and hard work. Is this the reason for the exodus from South America to the US or is it the exploitation of our entitlement programs?
Carlton Chang
Kaimuki
Reparations can include investments in the community
Reparations. Where does it start, should it ever end?
Reparations are a messy business – financially, politically, and morally.
America’s original sin of slavery might even be considered a lesser sin than our treatment of Native American people. Not only have entire tribes been wiped out by wars and disease, they have also lost most of their land. How can we or could we ever compensate them for their losses?
And of course we have the internment of the Japanese; Chinese exclusion laws and racially motivated lynchings that weren’t limited to black Americans. And we have a not-too-glorious history of dealing with our Latinx brothers and sisters.
The most sensible types of reparations are not payments to individuals, but deep investments in communities. Perhaps a commitment to provide a great education for everyone; a payer health system where health is a right and not a privilege; and a clean and safe environment. And we need to include reformed and unbiased policing.
The reparations will never end until we have created a more perfect union worthy of our great American ideals.
Roman Leverenz
Aliamanu
AVR will have a positive effect on the vote here
That year, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 159 that would introduce automatic voter registration (AVR) in Hawaii. This important measure reduces the hurdles of registering for voting by allowing eligible citizens to register for voting when applying for a driver’s license or state ID card.
Since 2015, many states have set up some form of AVR. AVR improves and secures our electoral system by keeping Hawaii electoral rolls up to date. AVR could also improve the low turnout in Hawaii. As the electoral roll is better kept, the state will save more than $ 1 million in unnecessary waste each election year.
In times of crisis and change, decisions are made with far-reaching consequences. Crucially, SB 159 would allow people to more easily get involved in the political process.
For these reasons, I urge Governor David Ige to put SB 159 into effect.
Ian Ross
Makiki
Choose a healthy diet over an Alzheimer’s drug
At $ 56,000 a year, the Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab (also known as Aduhelm) doesn’t cure it, it just slows the progression of memory loss, and that’s a big one maybe (“New Alzheimer’s Drug Offers Patients Hope,” Star Advertiser, 14th June).
One doctor, and I believe him, told me that “Eating healthy foods like tofu, fish, vegetables, and grains, and just taking a walk every day, is the best way to stop Alzheimer’s disease. Stay away from Aduhelm. “
Another doctor told me, “Food is your best medicine. Don’t ingest all of these chemicals that are unnatural to your body. “
An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration voted almost unanimously against the launch of this drug because of its serious side effects such as brain swelling, confusion, diarrhea, delirium, disorientation, falls, headaches and its ineffectiveness. But the FDA has come under heavy pressure from Biogen to bring it to market.
It is gain in front of people. Principles are doomed when it comes to money.
Melvin Wong
Cocoa
Let us hear from those who have been victims of crime
The hot topic selling news today is police accountability for the shooting of a teenage boy (“3 Honolulu Police Department officers indicted in the shooting of a 16-year-old boy,” Star Advertiser, June 16). Everyone jumps on the news.
How about telling the story of the people whose lives have been influenced by this teenager who allegedly got on a crime frenzy with his brother and friends? The family that should be responsible for these children is demanding compensation. Only in America.
Toyama cliff
Moanalu
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