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Published
April 24, 2020

Letter to the editor: We can address virus while getting back to work

Sometimes the solution is right in front of you. The state is looking for ways to relieve the stay-at-home burden they have placed on us. They want to know what might happen if they let people get back to work. Bath Iron Works employees have been working since the beginning of the pandemic. The employees […]
Published
April 24, 2020

Letter to the editor: With COVID response, Maine legislators undertake balancing act

Columnist Bill Nemitz (April 19) wisely urges caution for legislators in planning governmental responses to the threat from the COVID-19 pandemic. The key word in his column is “risks,” which ties in with officials’ commitment “to keeping their constituents safe and healthy.” After satisfying hunger, the well-known “hierarchy of needs” identifies physical safety as the […]
Published
April 23, 2020

Letter to the editor: Thiessen’s praise for U.S. health care system misplaced

In the April 17 Press Herald, Washington Post columnist Marc A. Thiessen attacked Italy’s health care system as an example of what to expect from socialized medicine (Page A11). Thiessen recounted the horror of Italian doctors having to decide who dies and who gets treated among COVID patients, but seems to have missed the same […]
Published
April 23, 2020

Letter to the editor: PPE doesn’t protect produce from shopper’s grip

I was grocery shopping last Friday and approaching the avocados when a woman zoomed in front of me. I politely backed away to my mandatory 6 feet and watched her fondle the majority of the avocados to select her eight perfect avocados and bag them. Her hands were protected by latex gloves, but I had […]
Published
April 23, 2020

Letter to the editor: Kennebunk Hannaford not doing all it can to stop virus’ spread

I live in Kennebunk, where Hannaford is the only supermarket show in town. We all appreciate they have made significant changes to avoid transmission of COVID-19, including efforts to maintain distancing and creating hours for seniors, to name just a few. There is, however, one glaring deficiency: Employees are not required to wear masks and […]

Published
April 23, 2020

Letter to the editor: Congress, media should lose their jobs for pandemic malpractice

Both have been focused on 'how we can make the other guy look bad' rather than protecting the American people.
Published
April 22, 2020

Letter to the editor: Let’s direct COVID efforts toward fighting other challenges

As I drove up Route 1, a sign flashed, “We got this, Scarborough.” We do. While the fight is not over, victory is around the corner. Thanks to competent and caring Center for Disease Control and Prevention officials, heroic health care workers, governors and good people everywhere, we are winning this fight. Social distancing is […]
Published
April 22, 2020

Letter to the editor: Press Herald neglecting other news

The rollback of a federal rule credited with cleaning up toxins emitted by coal plants received only token coverage.
Published
April 22, 2020

Letter to the editor: Keep a safe distance while enjoying Portland’s trails

I’m writing this letter because I am pleading with the groups using Maine’s outdoor recreation areas, particularly the Back Cove, to please be more conscientious in practicing social distancing. Many of Portland’s trails support appropriate social distancing if, and only if, you accommodate others, whether that’s as someone approaches in the opposite direction, or for […]
Published
April 22, 2020

Letter to the editor: Maine-only moose lottery would be gift to those pinched by shutdown

I understand that the drawing this year for moose permits will be online only, as those in charge feel that would be prudent. Many unusual restrictions on gatherings and other freedoms have been decreed by the authorities in these troubled times. It would seem to me that, given that line of reasoning, it would only […]

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