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Letters to the editor for July 31-August 6, 2023

Opinion: Federal health care payments are biased toward large populations, another factor hurting rural Iowa, writes Dr. Michael Kitchell.

Dr. Michael Kitchell: Alternate versions of reality in a divided country Dr. Michael Kitchell Guest opinion columnist In the aftermath of our nation’s darkest day on Jan. 6, our country’s deep divisions are more obvious. It seems we have alternate versions of reality. The storming of the Capitol and threat to members of Congress and the vice president did put the recent record deaths from COVID-19 into less prominent news stories. However, this past week, on one day, 4,100 Americans died from COVID-19 and there are now more Americans hospitalized daily than in spring and summer combined. ...

Dr. Michael Kitchell: COVID-19 and conspiracy theories in 2020 Dr. Michael Kitchell Guest opinion columnist The year 2020 will not only be notorious for the COVID-19 pandemic when 340,000-350,000 American will lose their lives to the virus, it will also be marked by widespread loss of trust in science and the emergence of numerous conspiracy theories that many politicians and a large portion of the population believed.  Millions of Q-Anon supporters promoted bizarre conspiracy theories that accused “Democratic elites” of cannibalism and sex trafficking children, and claimed that the coro...