To the editor: I’m 75 years old. I saw a dozen friends 40-95 years old fighting COVID-19. Some were infected by health workers who did not know they had the virus. One it died. (“Some health professionals refuse to take COVID-19 vaccine, even with priority access,” on December 31)
Now that vaccines are available, I am eagerly awaiting the time it will be safe to keep a granddaughter of mine born last May, and another in a few months. I think about it every day. I do not feel the only pain of being separated from my family all these months.
Frontline health workers, please do not abandon us now. You helped save lives. Some of you have comforted patients in their last moments. Listen to science, talk to doctors you trust, and please take the vaccination.
Paula Hui, Pomona
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To the editor: I would take any of these vaccination-hesitant health workers’ shots. I want to be vaccinated right away.
I believe someone who suffered from COVID-19 chose to have any side effect from vaccinations instead of living with the consequences of not taking the vaccine.
Come on, people, take the vaccine when it’s offered, and let’s keep our human herd immune to this virus.
Gregory Sirbu, Redondo Beach
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To the editor: After reading this article, I am perplexed and discouraged.
Consider this: On Wednesday, there were 3,740 deaths due to COVID-19 in the US. More than 340,000 people have died in this country so far, with surely tens or not hundreds of thousands of people following.
In contrast, of the more than 2 million Americans who have been vaccinated so far, no deaths have been reported.
Yes, the country’s pandemic response has been terribly downplayed, but it’s time for us to get right and do the right thing. We can save each other, we can save our economy, we can save our way of life – but only if we act together.
Cynthia Monahan, Encinitas
This story originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.