To the editor: If a person wants to be a critical reader, he must consider the source of information. Regarding Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he has no medical title or a history of scientific research on vaccines (“On autism and vaccines, there are lies, damn lies and statistics.” May 13). If parents are confused about vaccines for their children, world experts in the countryside should look in the field, people who have passed their lives studying this issue, and read what they have to say. On this critical issue, what parents decide could have an impact for life on the lives of their children.
Linda Mele Johnson, Long Beach
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To the editor: The article by the guest collaborator Lynne Peoples should have included the declaration attributed to the Scottish poet and novelist Andrew Lang: “Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp poles, for support instead of lighting.”
Anthony Hays, San Clemente
