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New tech titans
dodge accountability
Your editorial on Elon Musk (“Musk tweet displays unhappy state of tech,” Web page A6, Oct. 1) is spot on.
Each Musk and Mark Zuckerberg appear to be unable to take accountability for his or her half in contributing to the unfold of conspiracy theories, hate speech, various details and racism on Twitter and Fb, respectively. As a substitute, they appoint councils and committees to average content material. That method, no matter selections these entities make, Musk and Zuckerberg can level to them and never at themselves.
The Silicon Valley created by Invoice Hewlett, David Packard, Gordon Moore, Andy Grove, Sherman Fairchild and Robert Noyce is being destroyed by ultra-rich, unethical egomaniacs.
M. R. Pamid
San Jose
Open up COVID
remedy to all
Re. “A capsule helps forestall lengthy COVID. However not sufficient persons are taking it,” Nov. 8:
I used to be shocked after studying about how a brand new treatment, Paxlovid, which helps scale back long-term COVID signs, isn’t being prescribed sufficient by physicians.
Despite the fact that about 39,000 persons are identified a day, solely a handful of individuals truly qualify for the treatment. Extra testing is ready to happen in the beginning of 2023 however received’t have outcomes till 2024. Just like different drugs, testing is required to be accepted.
As a result of abundance of optimistic outcomes, Paxlovid must broaden its qualifications, so physicians can prescribe it to these in want. The sufferers’ well being needs to be prioritized.
As long as the affected person is knowledgeable by their well being care supplier, they're greater than able to making the choice on the treatment for themselves.
Caitlin Yem
San Jose
GOP pleas point out
get together that misplaced its method
First, there was the Twinkie protection, pioneered by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White after he assassinated Harvey Milk and George Moscone.
Now there's the Trump protection, or “vulnerability to political disinformation,” which David DePape’s lawyer intends to make use of in his consumer’s protection, after he attacked Paul Pelosi, husband of the Speaker of the Home (“DePape pleads not responsible to prices“, Web page A1, Nov. 2). The identical protection has been utilized by lots of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
One wonders how the Republican Occasion, which used to face for particular person freedom and liberty, turned the get together of lemmings.
Lance Dixon
Menlo Park