To the editor: If an individual needs to be a essential reader, she or he should think about the supply of data. In regard to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he has no medical diploma or any background in scientific analysis on vaccines (“On autism and vaccines, there are lies, damned lies and statistics,” Might 13). If mother and father are confused about vaccines for his or her youngsters, they need to Google the world consultants within the area — the individuals who have spent their lives learning this subject — and browse what they must say. On this essential topic, what mother and father determine might have a lifelong affect on the lives of their youngsters.
Linda Mele Johnson, Lengthy Seashore
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To the editor: The article by visitor contributor Lynne Peeples ought to have included the assertion attributed to the Scottish poet and novelist Andrew Lang: “Politicians use statistics in the identical approach {that a} drunk makes use of lamp posts — for assist relatively than illumination.”
Anthony Hays, San Clemente
