Boars Heads deadly liverwurst and more: Letters to the Editor Sept. 29, 2024

Worst liverwurstAs a lover of liverwurst, I am disturbed that Boar’s Head is offering the staff of its closed Jarret facility jobs at its other plants or severance packages (“Listeria plant is Boar’s dead,” Sept.23).These are the same workers who had a hand in the death and hospitalization of people in 18 states.

Federal inspectors had previously cited the plant with the proliferation of flies, molds, puddles of blood and garbage.These workers need to be put on the cutting board, as do those at the USDA who let the facility remain in operation long before the contaminated meat was distributed.Donathan Salkaln, ManhattanChina tensionsThere is a growing possibility that we could see an escalation toward war between the People’s Republic of China and the Philippines — which may result in the United States becoming involved (“Philippines condemns Chinese ‘floating barrier’ in South China Sea,” Sept.24).In recent months, Chinese Coast Guard vessels have frequently been ramming Philippine vessels in the South China Sea, as well as shooting them with water cannons and getting involved in hand-to-hand combat.These events involving Chinese hostilities toward the Philippines signify the potential risk of a wider conflict which may drag along other nations, including the United States and its allies.There is no doubt that China as a rising superpower will have an impact in the Asia-Pacific region and the globe.

But it may not be Taiwan as a flashpoint in this potential conflict but, in fact, the Philippines.In any case, the United States must be prepared for any escalation.Oliver B.

Steward, Norwich, United KingdomSex-crazed doctorWe should call him Dr.Jay “the hypocrite” Varma from now on (“COVID czar shown the sexit,” Sept.

24).This man might be a doctor, but I think he’s a very troubled one.What he did during the pandemic was unforgivable.

He was our pandemic czar, and yet he hosted sex parties and attended raves during that horrible time....