Frenzy Stirred Up Over Medfly Spraying Is Scary

I wonder what would have happened if we had had the equivalent of our current crop of “Medfly worriers” shouting from the rooftops when the vaccines for infantile paralysis, measles and diphtheria, to name a few, were developed and given to the public.

I’ve lived and raised a family through these scourges, and to the best of my knowledge, there have been no side effects of any consequence to any and all without any of the side noise of unsubstantiated and imagined claims we have to listen to today from a host of lay people and vote-hungry and attention-seeking politicians.

I’m satisfied that the health department scientists today are just as competent and concerned about public health, if not more so, as they were when the above cures were developed.

Come on now, you politicians. It appears that we need a cause. Why don’t you whip up the fire to get an inner- and inter-urban transit system for Orange County and Los Angeles that makes some sense, or is that too big?

DICK OSTERLIND

Huntington Beach