To the editor: I actually respect that Steve Lopez wrote a robust column calling consideration to the madness of reducing off the funding for an bold research of Alzheimer’s (“7 million people have Alzheimer’s. Why is the Trump administration derailing research?” Could 2). This illness has blighted — and can proceed to blight — hundreds of thousands of lives, affecting individuals from Ronald Reagan to Gene Hackman to at least one’s family members. That the principal investigator of the research believes that the issue is using the phrase “numerous” in its title reveals the utter mindlessness of the DOGE proceedings.
Glenna Matthews, Laguna Seashore
..
To the editor: Like many households, ours misplaced a beloved one to Alzheimer’s a few years in the past. As with every sickness, Alzheimer’s is aware of no political social gathering — it may well have an effect on any and all human beings.
The interruption of the research will halt a lot essential medical analysis that will solely serve to profit all individuals, from the poor to billionaires. On the similar time, the administration is prepared to spend tens of hundreds of thousands of taxpayer {dollars} for a navy parade for President Trump’s birthday. Why does that appear to take precedence over combating lethal illnesses?
Frances Terrell Lippman, Sherman Oaks
