Survivability of the human race requires that the
overwhelming majority of the herd be made up of duly cautious people. However, for the human race to advance, it
requires that there be an audacious minority -
a daring few who lead the attack and by their example get the rest of
the herd on their feet in the face of danger.
In the early days of the Island hopping campaign of
WWII in the Pacific, US landing forces were faced with a thorny dilemma. After storming the beaches under intense
enemy fire, they could either hunker down on the beach where they’d all surely
be killed or wounded under withering enemy direct and indirect fire, or they
could rise up in the face of those fires and physically assault enemy positions
delivering the fires.
Fortunately, there were enough men of derring-do to
rise up and make the assault while bringing the rest of the herd to their feet
to do the same.
When John Crawford’s article appeared, I knew the
JG’s alert leftist editors would have letters ready to go from the Abe Schwab, Branden Blaettner, Bill Burkhart, John
Steinbacher, Tom Hayhurst and Paul Dahm types. These are the risk adverse people who would
leave the false security of hiding from the virus under their bedsheets only long
enough to make fact-free ad hominin arguments against Crawford’s undeniable
truth. What’s the truth? The truth is that we will, at some point,
need to get on our feet and go back to work.
It’s not the least bit surprising that the timid hide
their affliction by offering up ridiculously unworkable unsustainable economic
models whereby the self-sufficient are ordered to hobble themselves so the
cautious ones can continue to hide under the bedsheets. In idiot Blaettner’s
world, landlords go bankrupt so renters don’t have to work, the banking system
collapses so that so that the fearful can run an unlimited line of credit,
states continue to be slaves to faulty pandemic models in order to keep the
population under unlawful house-arrest and the federal government continues pumping
out trillions of dollars of worthless notes in order to maintain the illusion
that things are swell.
When the unsustainable nature of Blaettner’s economic
stupidity becomes apparent, the government will no longer be able to keep the gruel
machines running to feed the people and government checks will fail to arrive
on time because they are not long enough to contain all of the zeroes needed to
accommodate the out of control hyperinflation.
When that happens, the thin veneer of a civil society will quickly
deteriorate. It is then the Blaettners
of this world will be forced to their feet, or, given their supine nature,
maybe not.
Crawford's words cheap
I read Dr. John
Crawford's opinion (April 19) stating that it would be a mistake to
continue the country's shutdown past May 1 and it's time to put fear aside.
I wonder if he would
have the same attitude if he had had the courage to offer his services to any New
York City hospital as they worked double shifts, risking their own lives and
those of their families to save others without adequate protective equipment.
Actions speak louder
than words.
Paul Dahm
Fort Wayne
Crawford's arguments
illogical on many levels
I picked up my April
19 newspaper and saw a disgusting article by John
Crawford. His irresponsible comparison of this virus to vehicle
accidents, heart disease and the flu shows a total lack of knowledge.
There is immunization
for the flu; if people choose not to get it, then that's their choice – but it
does exist.
And I never knew
vehicle accidents could spread from one person to another. Same with heart
disease.
The purpose of
quarantining is to stop the spread of this deadly virus.
I also am wondering
why the newspaper gave you a platform. As a politician, Crawford
was rejected by all voters once and the second time by his own
party. How does this somehow warrant his opinion on the front page
and not in the letters like everyone else?
Lastly,
did Crawford feel he was stepping on anyone's
constitutional rights with his smoking ban? Did he think
maybe bar owners and restaurant owners should be allowed to make those
decisions as part of their business plan?
John Steinbacher
Fort Wayne
Crawford's medical
advice not what we should heed
In his April 19
column, Dr. John Crawford offered a fatalistic and politically tainted
assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He stated that 50,000
to 60,000 individuals die from influenza every year but failed to mention that
those deaths occur despite our concerted public health efforts to prevent every
one. He went on to suggest in a cavalier manner that we should now be willing
to abandon important and successful COVID-19 preventative measures and accept needless
deaths to protect the economy.
Crawford is one of
many weighing in on this important public health debate. We should look not to
Dr. Crawford or Dr. Tom Hayhurst for their recommendations regarding the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Our
nation's No. 1 infectious disease public health specialist, Dr.
Anthony Fauci, is a veteran of successful battles against HIV, SARS, MERS,
swine flu and Ebola. His opinion should guide our fight against COVID-19
locally as well as nationally.
Tom Hayhurst
Fort Wayne
Sunday, April 26, 2020 1:00 am
Letters to
the editor
Former City Councilman
John Crawford offered up the idea that “people are going to die but we need to
get back to work.”
What we need to do is
vote out officials who share this idea. Also, for people to be able
to delay their mortgage and car payments so they can stay fed. For those
renting who can't pay their rent: Take the total owed and move it between the
remaining months on the lease. Utility companies should have the same system in
place for those who cannot pay for essential utilities (internet
included).
People who still
have an income can pay bills as scheduled. But we need to make concessions for
those who can't. Let those who aren't working be able
to live without the fear of eviction or shutoff. Allow for programs to make the
financial impact less by making the increase on payments affordable when we are
back to business
Credit card companies
should be instructed to suspend late payment charges and lower interest rates
during this time. Banks should be forced to
lower insufficient-funds fees.
Taxes for businesses
as well as licensing should be based upon sales and give relief to the
businesses that had to close. Those that could remain open but saw a hit can
pay less to stay open.
We need to show
compassion to people. And tossing less-essential workers out into the wild will
only result in an increase of cases.
Be human, for goodness
sake.
Branden Blaettner
Fort Wayne
Is Crawford willing to
put himself at risk?
John Crawford's
irresponsible piece of April 19 states that reopening the country May 1,
regrettably, will cause additional individuals to die from the virus, but Fort
Wayne should reopen quickly to restore a healthy, vibrant economy.
I would like to see
Crawford offer himself as an additional specific individual to die in
exchange for a vibrant economy. I recommend he forgo medical treatment for coronavirus
to make room for someone who actually acted responsibly during this
crisis. Perhaps he can sign a DNV (do not ventilate) order.
And
should he infect anyone else in our community while they pursue a
vibrant economy, he be held liable in civil and criminal proceedings.
Bill Burkhart
Fort Wayne
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