(*6*)Patrick Foley, Northfield
(*6*)The information about Camp One Heartland closing is so wonderful that even I heard about it right here in St. Louis. (“For northern Minnesota camp, closure is ‘greatest story,’ ” Dec. 27). I rejoice that mother-to-child transmission of HIV is so small in America that the necessity doesn’t exist for a camp devoted to HIV-positive youngsters. As a Minnesota teen within the Nineteen Eighties with a mom working in public well being, the stigma and heartbreak surrounding HIV/AIDS didn’t appear to me like one thing that may ever go away.
(*6*)I want this have been the case in all places. Though HIV/AIDS has decreased worldwide, low-income nations nonetheless lag behind rich nations. The U.S. is a pacesetter in supporting world HIV/AIDS packages just like the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Aid (PEPFAR), which has saved 25 million lives and offered therapy to no less than 20 million folks in simply 20 years. Even higher, it offers sources and infrastructure to stop the unfold of HIV/AIDS, so current AIDS-afflicted areas might need the identical success as Minnesota! Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith ought to help a five-year reauthorization for PEPFAR this 12 months.
(*6*)Cynthia Changyit Levin, St. Louis
(*6*)Earlier than Jan. 20, President Joe Biden has been pardoning many individuals, which is his privilege. My hope as a Vietnam veteran is that he makes use of this chance to pardon 25 deported veterans now dwelling in Tijuana, Mexico. These males have been honorably discharged however undocumented individuals who, after service, acquired into scraps with the authorities and have been deported. In the event that they dedicated crimes, they need to obtain no matter punishment is deserved from our prison justice system. However deporting them denies them entry to their VA advantages. It is a shame! When a really small phase of our eligible women and men do serve within the navy, the individuals who step up are punished. And whilst you’re at it, Mr. President, pardon Leonard Peltier!
(*6*)Dave Logsdon, Minneapolis