To the editor:
When McManus says America is not like “South Korea or Taiwan,” I hope he is not trying to perpetuate the stereotype of Asians as blindly “obedient.”
Perhaps a better description of the small but noisy minority of Americans who consider anti-pandemic measures excessive is that they are indeed obedient—to a president who rejects the advice of scientific experts, promotes debunked conspiracy theories, intimidates those with different views, stokes xenophobic divisiveness and places himself above the law.
Joyce Tamanaha-Ho, Davis, Calif.
Note from KBJ: Scientific experts don't make policy decisions, Joyce. They advise. President Trump listens to their advice and decides. This is why we elected him, and it's why we're going to elect him again.
