The Trump/RFK Jr. attack on public health will have lethal fallout

Re “President, top health officials take aim at autism; link to acetaminophen claimed” (Sept. 23): At what point does undermining public health standards stop for this administration? The attack on known science is staggering in its audacity. Perhaps the saddest reality is that so many will die as a direct result of their aggressive ignorance.

— Richard A. Brown, Del Mar

The Department of Health and Human Services has recently proposed gutting COVID vaccination recommendations and is now demonizing Tylenol. Congress should require Secretary Kennedy to submit the scientific research and documentation that went into these policy determinations.  When all he is able to provide is essentially notes on the back of a napkin, perhaps we can rid ourselves of a looming danger to national health — namely, the person running this department.

— Dennis Capps, Carlsbad