Jab judiciously
Thank you, Bethany Mandel, for writing an article that shows some truth about the hepatitis B shot for newborns, which make no sense (“Seeking Vax Sanity,” PostOpinion, Jan. 8).
Parents aren’t allowed to question it if we want our kids to go to school — it’s insanity.
New York state vaccine mandates should allow medical and religious exemptions. Parents need to be given a choice and the mandates have to stop.
Thanks for at least starting the conversation, Bethany.
Carolyn Lieberman, Woodmere
Tony’s tragic debut
I thought I was watching Chevy Chase’s Weekend Update as Tony Dokoupil fumbled his way through his first episode (“Worst impression,” Jan. 7).
Tripping over a teleprompter pin, and giving his viewers too many seconds of dead air, he reminded me more of Will Ferrell’s anchorman than he did of Walter Cronkite.
The latter symbolized the highest quality nightly news on CBS, also called the Tiffany network because of its superior programming. It looks like Dokoupil broke the Tiffany glass ceiling with an incompetent and amateurish presentation.
Ray Starman, Albany
Pro-protest prez?
President Trump claims that the United States is “locked and loaded,” ready to defend Iranian protesters should their own government attempt to shoot them into submission (“Freedom Fight,” Mark Dubowitz, & Ben Cohen, PostOpinion, Jan. 7).
Why does he lack the same passion for defending his own people when we gather in protest? He’s willing to start a war defending protesters in a country that’s not his own but didn’t say a word when ICE agents shot pepper bullets at Rev. David Black, a man of God protesting the inhumane treatment of detainees in Chicago.
Shouldn’t an American citizen so unjustly treated warrant far greater passion than that which Trump proclaims for strangers in a foreign land?
Denise Saupé, Minneapolis, Minn.
Deadly bike lanes
Born and raised in Greenpoint; I remember when Oakland Street became McGuinness Boulevard, alleviating local street traffic (“It’s a go for B’klyn bike lane,” Jan. 6).
Now Mayor Mamdani has decided it’s better to have a dedicated bike lane along the boulevard, thus creating more traffic on the local streets.
Has he considered what effect this will have on emergency traffic? How about local deliveries? How many deaths will occur with more trucks and cars traveling along local streets?
My 14-year-old niece was killed in a hit-and-run while playing in the local street in front of her house. How many other pedestrians will be victims of vehicle accidents on local streets?
This whole bike-lane idea is unsafe and idiotic.
Robert Leavy, Middle Village
No-meat mania
Natalya Murakhver makes an interesting connection between an extreme diet and Greta Thunberg’s extreme views (“Vegan vessel,” Postscript, Jan. 4).
Her actions after the Oct. 7 massacre showed a lack of compassion that is really sickening.
I’m sure some of the masked rioters during the George Floyd protests who burned, intimidated and closed down cities were vegan as well. It’s as though this diet gives a moral high ground that frees one from true morality.
The author is correct in saying Thunberg is no hero and parents need to be vigilant in regard to these “fads” their children can be drawn into.
Catherine Adago, Manhattan
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