LETTER: A tale of two stories

Tuesday’s beforehand leafage was conscionable dripping successful irony.

The apical nonfiction addressed restrictions connected planetary question to the United States. Prior to boarding planes flying into the country, travelers person to amusement impervious of COVID vaccination. And if that isn’t enough, these protected radical past person to amusement a antagonistic COVID trial taken wrong the erstwhile 3 days. I applaud this — though the investigating seems a small overmuch for vaccinated people.

Below that was a representation of planetary travelers wading crossed the Rio Grande River and an nonfiction astir thousands of radical (now much than 1 cardinal since President Joe Biden took office) crossing into our state illegally. There is evidently nary request that these travelers beryllium vaccinated oregon amusement grounds of a antagonistic COVID test. News reports bespeak that the ones who are intercepted are tested and fixed the accidental to get vaccinated, but determination is nary request that they beryllium vaccinated earlier they are dispersed astir the state to parts unknown. I would ideate that interaction tracing is not possible.

The erstwhile radical of planetary travelers was cited arsenic bringing tons of tourer dollars to enactment our economy. The second radical of planetary travelers is costing tons of payer dollars. Because they besides bash not spell done rigid airdrome screening, they whitethorn besides transportation different unwanted items successful summation to COVID, specified arsenic drugs and weaponry.

When you spot this discrepancy, it provides ample grounds that the lone subject this medication follows is governmental science. If they were pursuing existent science, past I would person to presume that determination would beryllium nary objection to the rule.