Free speech with civility has been essential to our mission for years, and we know how important it is to a healthy democracy. Newspaper editors across the country have lamented the loss of civility in community forums — especially on social media — in recent years. What hurts most is that it has driven good people away from community discussions.
- I appreciate the attempt to get people to follow the high road. But some of the respondents make statements that are not true. They are either knowingly making false statements, or they really believe things that are not true. This has been particularly true about the past election and the COVID pandemic. Unfortunately, some elected leaders have used these falsities to energize their supporters. Some have even come up with a new term for these false facts: alternative facts. There are some major news entities and many online sites that publish lies and misstatements Sometimes, it is difficult to find the “common good” in these posts. But I will do my best. — Richard Schwager
Dover council hears more opposition to dawdling proposal
Though not on the agenda for the Monday meeting, the City Council permitted an open forum that gave the public the opportunity to weigh in on the ordinance that would create a new chapter within Dover’s code.
- Can’t a person just vibe and exist in a space where they’re not expected to pay for something? — Pete Schonert
- Yeah, your residence. — Brandon Skeen
Most of Delaware’s new COVID hospitalizations not fully vaccinated
Eighty-two percent of Delaware’s new COVID-19 hospitalizations over a seven-day period were not fully vaccinated, according to recent data from the Delaware Division of Public Health.
- And still, tens of thousands of Delawareans go unvaccinated. Don’t they see these numbers? There are people who, for medical reasons and age, can’t get inoculated against the virus. Don’t those without those conditions understand their responsibility to the rest of us? Please get vaccinated. — Richard Schwager
- Tell the truth! Of those 82%, most had at least one shot, and 18% had both shots!The implication is that people who haven’t gotten the shot are the ones that are sick. Not true. — Diane Ivey
- Exactly! The headline leads us to believe that. — Gere Durkin
- People could just read the article. — Michael McGaughey
- The headline states not fully vaccinated. You aren’t fully vaccinated until something like two weeks after the second shot. Most people know this. — Dale Bert
- Buffoons clogging our hospitals with their willfully aggressive ignorance, ironically begging for science to save them. — Matt Hickman
- And what is the definition of “fully” today? — Karen Ironside
- Can’t answer that, that will change within a week or two. I think it means both shots and the booster, but who knows? — Christopher Joyce
- From the CDC: “A person is considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19 ≥2 weeks after receipt of the second dose in a 2-dose series (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) or ≥2 weeks after receipt of the single dose of the Janssen vaccine. CDC has developed public health recommendations for fully vaccinated people. Nov 3, 2021.” — Dale Bert
- The other 18% is the real story. — Jason Rextc
- Not fully vaccinated equals only three or less shots! — Marc Auger
- And vaccinated folks can’t spread the COVID ... right! — Howard Gaines III
- Headline rewrite: Nearly 1 in 5 (18%) of Delaware’s new COVID hospitalizations were fully vaccinated. — Gary Showalter Jr.
- Love the folks pretending they want more facts, when all they want is to spread doubts and lies. — William Mazzariello
