{"id":2458204,"date":"2020-05-08T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/shortsighted-view-on-the-coronavirus\/"},"modified":"2020-05-08T07:04:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T13:04:00","slug":"shortsighted-view-on-the-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/shortsighted-view-on-the-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortsighted view on the coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"35.488172043011\">\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">I must offer a response to Ms. Thompson\u2019s letter on her experience with COVID-19 (\u201c<a id=\"N0x2ccde10N0x2a21a00:N0x2ccde10N0x2a9cd10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\/i-think-i-caught-coronavirus-and-heres-how-it-felt\/\">I think I caught coronavirus and here\u2019s how it felt,\u201d<\/a> letters, aspentimes.com).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Let me start by saying I am glad she and her husband recovered. Over 73,000 have not. The Washington Post\u2019s Trump Death Count at this minute assigns the president the blame for more than 44,00 of those deaths. She and her husband were lucky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Having said this, I have to wonder at her statement \u201cthe common cold kills people.\u201d Has she seen the pictures of the refrigerator trucks holding victims of COVID-19? Has Ms. Thompson read the stories of the health professionals who have sacrificed their lives fighting for the rest of us?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ms. Thompson worries about \u201crisking a wonderful tourist spot, the lives of our young and the future of America.\u201d Given these worries, let me ask Ms. Thompson the following questions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">How many doctor\u2019s lives are you willing to sacrifice for the \u201cwonderful tourist spot?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">How many nurses and nurse\u2019s aids lives are you willing to sacrifice for the \u201cwonderful tourist spot?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">How many medics\u2019 lives are you willing to sacrifice for the \u201cwonderful tourist spot?\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ms. Thompson, the common cold does not kill medical personnel. COVID-19 does. Think more of the people who are keeping us alive and less about yourself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Name\">Philip Verleger<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Title\">Denver<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.303082191781\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 at-4 pl-4\" readability=\"19.164371772806\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers around Aspen and Snowmass Village make the Aspen Times\u2019 work possible. Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally. Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"btn\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickBelow()\">Donate<\/button> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\/shortsighted-view-on-the-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I must offer a response to Ms. Thompson\u2019s letter on her experience with COVID-19 (\u201cI think I caught coronavirus and here\u2019s how it felt,\u201d letters, aspentimes.com). Let me start by saying I am glad she and her husband recovered. Over 73,000 have not. 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