As COVID-19 remains threat, preaching unity

These may be the strangest days the nation has seen. I am afraid to cough or sneeze for fear of having the coronavirus, which has taken over our lives.

There is still no cure or vaccine to protect us.

It’s sad that bringing us together has to come from tragedy. Suddenly, we stopped talking about issues that divide us like abortion and taxes.

Misinformation is rampant, and our leaders are still bent on protecting their faltering legacies.

What has truly been proven to me, and hopefully all of us, is that in troubling times we need each other.

During good times is when we should practice what we are now preaching — uniting for our common good.

I still remember a quote from my school days: “No man is an island.” We all depend on others. Let’s remember that in good and bad times.

Linda Gefen

Boca Raton, Fla.

Whether people like him or not, all Americans should wish Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., all the best.

He was one of the first of what will likely be many more members of Congress to contract the coronavirus.

The House and Senate should immediately address this threat to the legislative branch. Both chambers should permit members who are ill or in self-quarantine to vote by telephone right away. Failure to take this action could result in Congress being unable to take any action because not enough members will be able to congregate in order to constitute a quorum.

Neither party should welcome legislative impotence.

Karl Lawson

Oxnard, Calif.