Letters to the editor for Oct. 14

failed to combat to give protection to anti-vaccers

On a local radio station these days, an invited visitor was pontificating about how these serving in our militia " chance their blood" to offer protection to the liberty of fellow citizens to avoid vaccination.

neatly, speaking only for myself (as a draftee and veteran), I didn't risk my lifestyles on active responsibility to offer protection to any person's right to prevent vaccination.

incidentally, all people in the armed forces got medically required vaccinations, together with the oral medicine to give protection to us from the meningitis scourge which swept through primary practising bases similar to ft Crd, CA. You didn't suppose of telling your Drill Sergeant that you simply were an "anti-vaccer" and had determined to opt out of the vaccination program.

So it become returned in the day and so it's today: Vaccine places the odds in your want and provides protection for you and your cohorts. averting your vaccination is not some thing the armed forces is right here to chance their lives for.

Thomas Petersen

St George

A Lake Powell timeline

Lake Powell linked hobbies: [I can supply links.]

1922: Colorado River Compact over-allocates river water without when you consider that tree-ring data or climate change.

1946: Six prior years of World conflict Two turn into the six warmest years due to the fact 1880.

1970: This census and all subsequent ones forecast gigantic increase in southwest.

1980: For the primary time, Lake Powell becomes 100% full.

1990: First of six local weather studies by way of the United international locations. All warn of threats to Earth.

1991: Thawing 5,000-year-ancient "Iceman" mummy found in Alps.

2005: becomes warmest year. typhoon Katrina.

2006: In every subsequent year, Utah papers perhaps demonstrate picture of declining Lake Powell bathtub ring.

2013: four former GOP EPA heads urge "significant steps to curb climate alternate."

2016: turns into warmest 12 months.

2020: turns into 2nd warmest yr. Most billion-greenback weather disasters in US historical past.

2021: Canada information all-time high temperature of 121. First Colorado River water shortage declared AFTER lakes Powell and Mead were each sixty seven percent empty.

2023?: St. George facts all-time excessive of one hundred twenty. extra Lake Powell decline forecasted.

Mark hen

Las Vegas

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