Which candidate is the right prescription for what ails America?

“Why I’m voting for Trump,” and “Why I’m voting for Clinton,” Sept. 26 letters to the editor.

With all due respect to letterwriter Kathleen Hopkins, the analogy she uses to rationalize why she thinks Donald Trump is the best choice (he is a “vaccine” that will be effective combating the “virus” spreading across America) is totally wrong. Trump is not any sort of cure for what ails America. At the very least, Trump is a byproduct of that virus. The ways in which a large part of America has fallen in love with all things superficial, become further polarized with distrusting or even hating people who are different and being concerned only with “what’s in it for me” have created a product such as Trump.

At the worst, Trump is actually a new and even more lethal virus, whose full potential for destruction and havoc have not even yet been fully understood.

BBB I enjoyed both Carla Figueroa Freeman’s and Kathleen Hopkins’ letters on why they are voting for their respective candidates. There was only one sentence I had a problem swallowing. Freeman says, “Hillary has dedicated her entire adult life to helping other people.”

From where I sit, I see Hillary Clinton has devoted her entire adult life to politicking and feeding the family coffers. I see a total disregard for our national security with her unauthorized e-mail server, and a trail of lies regarding the tragic deaths in Benghazi. Add to that the trading of influence for donations to the Clinton Foundation.

I think I’m going to have to join Hopkins and take the Trump vaccine.

This country found itself pretty unwell eight years ago and began a regimen that is improving its condition. Now we face a choice: continue a similar treatment that builds off the success of the past eight years or try a new vaccine that has had moderate success in another application but has no track record with our current ailments. In fact, when it has been used to treat similar illnesses on a smaller scale, it has been found to cause more harm than good.

Most experts agree that the new vaccine is high risk and is likely to significantly worsen our condition.

It sounds to me like most people don’t actually believe in the new vaccine (it’s still unclear what it will do), but some will choose it just to make the point that they are not pleased with their health care plan.