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Thanks for support
Editor, the Journal,
A wonderful thing happened in
Mason County during the month
of October. For many years, I have
“trick or treated” to collect groceries
for a local food bank, but this year, be—
cause of the pandemic, I could not do
that, so I decided to trick or treat to
raise donations in the form of checks
made out to the Mason County Senior
Center. I started calling friends and
neighbors, and the checks started
arriving soon after. By a week after
Halloween, these checks totaled over
$4,000.
To all of you who made these dona—
tions, thank you for your generosity
and for supporting the Senior Center
financially. It was very much appreci-
ated and seriously needed.
Marilyn Olson
Shelton
Blame media
for Trump loss
Editor, the Journal,
William Busacca in the Nov. 19
Journal says President Donald Trump
lost because of his COVID virus re-
sponse. I kind of doubt that. I think
it’s much more likely that the incred—
ible mendacity of the national media
and double-standard reporting, along
with the suppression of the Hunter
Biden/Joe Biden China corruption
story by the same media. It is unfor-
tunate that all of the major media in
this country is owned by the same four
or five corporations and investigative
reporting is dead on arrival. Consider
that Biden has repeatedly said that
Trump was too tough on China, and
a Harris administration, oops Biden, ‘
would take a softer, more collabora-
tive approach to China. Of coursehe
will; his son and probably himself
have received millions of unearned
dollars from them. Do you really think
China did not intend to achieve influ-
ence with Biden with that money,
even if Biden himself never received a
dime? You are naive, if so.
Bruce Finlay
Shelton
Care for caregivers
Editor, the Journal,
Every November, Washington state
honors the 850,000 family caregivers
who are the backbone of our long-term
care system. This year’s theme is
“Caregiving in Crisis.” These individu—
als provide an estimated 770 million
hours and nearly $11 billion in unpaid
assistance to loved ones, friends and
neighbors with chronic illnesses and
disabilities.
Due to COVID-19, many people
have found themselves thrust into a
caregiving role, some for the first time.
For family caregivers, their responsi-
bilities do not end at 5 p.m., for family
caregivers there is no opportunity to
“clock out.” Caring for a'loved one who
is ill, aging or disabled is a challenge
under any circumstances and the
COVID-19 pandemic has challenged
them even further. If you are caring
for a loved one or know someone who
is, there are a few steps you can take
to improve both your own wellness
and the safety and well-being of your
loved one.
1. First, and most importantly, take
care of yourself.
2. Take precautions to keep your-
self and your loved one safe. Follow all
the standard COVID—19 precautions.
3. Keeping your distance? Use apps '
and websites to order home delivery of
groceries, food and even medicine.
4. Take time for you to connect
with your loved one. Use the time to
discuss your favorite memories, work
on a project together, make a family
photo album or learn how to make a
family recipe.
For more information, contact the
Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency
on Aging at 1-888-545-0910.
Lynn Ford
LMTAAA Advisory Board Chair
Chehalis
Watch for
Trojan Horse
Editor, the Journal, '
Rep. Drew MacEwen and Sen.
Sheldon have offered a Trojan Horse
in their call for a special session of the
Legislature to “help Washingtonians
deal with the fallout of the pandemic.”
Given their voting records of reduc-
ing services in order to reduce taxes,
these legislators liker intend to do
nothing to help the unemployed, alle-
viate small business stress or address
hospital overload. Do not be fooled by
the sweet talk of helping Washingto-
nians that hides their reduce—taxes,
reduce-services intentions. '
I hope that the Journal’s editorial
board will advocate for true support
for Washingtonians impacted by the
pandemic rather than budget-balanc-
ing service reductions.
“People may doubt what you say,
but they will believe what you do.” —
Lewis Cass
Bob Gilby
Port Orchard
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Abattle of wits
Editor, the Journal,
In his recent letter to the Journal,
Ardean Anvik commented about my
remarks in an earlier issue. I heartin
support his right to his own opinion,
but not to his own facts. To steal a
quip from Winston Churchill: “I prefer
not to engage in a battle of wits with
an unarmed man.” Put another way, I
am not prone to argue.
Toby Kevin
Shelton
Living
through viruses
Editor, the Journal,
I do not understand. I View things
on Facebook every day that honor our
vets. My father started in the Korean
conflict and then spent the next 26
years in the military. My father-in-
law was a World War II veteran, he
took eight stab wounds to the back,
receiving many medals. With one
hand we celebrate their devotion and
sacrifice to our country, with the other
hand we slap them in their faces.
We hold these truths to be self-ev-
ident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Cre—
ator with certain unalienable rights,
that among these are life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness. Congress
shall make no law respecting an es-
tablishment of religion, or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof; or abridging
the freedom of speech, or of the press;
or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Govern-
ment for a redress of grievances. '
I am confused. When did we as a
people choose to tell all those who
have served our country that your
service was only for us the people to
live under martial law? This is sup-
posed to be the government of the
people, and by the people. I am con-
fused.
In 1918, influenza killed an esti—
mated 50 to 100 million people.
Since 1980, HIV/AIDS infected has
60 million with 30 million dead.
In 2002, SARS hit 37 countries
with 8,000 infected and 800 dead.
In 2010, malaria infected 219 mil-
lion with 660,000 dead.
In 2018, tuberculosis infected 8.6
million with 1.3 million dead.
We lived through these viruses
without a lockdown. Why did they
choose to lock us down now? Corona-
virus was first studied in the 19303. ,
It was first treated on people in 1965.
It was given the name coronavirus in.
1968. They have been studying this
virus for 79 years. Are they going to
use our lockdown to study this virus
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for another 79 years? I am confused.
Ted Kyllonen
Shelton
A dose of
COVID reality
Editor, the Journal,
I would like to say that we should be
very careful in criticizing leadership.
I am a retired Navy captain. I learned
really fast that the whole world looks
very different when you are the one in
charge. What we engage in here is a lot
of breezy speculation. When your name
is on the results, and your neck will be
the one on the chopping block if it goes
badly, it is a lot more sobering.
Lockdowns should be avoided for
all sorts of good reasons. That is why
lesser precautions have been advanced,
precautions that too many of you are
blowing off. Nobody wants to wreck the
economy, and anyone who thinks they
do is engaged in a bad faith argument.
We must look at the facts on the
ground. The daily increase in cases
have more than doubled in the last
three weeks to approaching 200,000
per day. Even with a rosy expectation
of 0.6% fatality rate, that is 800 antici-
pated deaths per day. This success rate
is only possible with our best frontline
care. Additionally, the success rates in
rural areas that do notrhave facilities
that are as robust is quite a bit higher.
Right now, we are seeing states that
have virtually exhausted their ICU ca-
pacity. So, their medical infrastructure
is meeting or exceeding 100% capacity.
Is anyonegoing to try and convince me
that the current success rate will be
maintained as we go past that? And
when these facilities are at 125% or
worse, what happens when they roll
you in from an auto accident or other
medical event? And let us not even talk
about what the economic cost of this
will be. This is going to be a first-rate
mess and it could collapse our medical
system. Even if it does not, the ramifi-
cations will be more than anyone here
can imagine. Therefore, we are seeing
governors who were previously cavalier
about this changing their tune very
quickly.
Look at it this way. Mother Nature
has given us a biological problem. Peo-
ple like Dr. Scott Atlas are advocating
their own little theories on how to deal
with it. Their suggestions are simply
a lab experiment. They have no idea
what the human or economic toll will
be. Just remember, in this experiment,
you are the lab rat.
Andrew Makar
Hoodsport
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