Karen L. Hoover

Brattleboro, Vt.

The writer is a retired internist.

To the Editor:

Could we have any more of a “Monday morning quarterback” view than that demonstrated by Joe Biden? Are you kidding me? I am sure I speak for many when I say I am tired of the blame game. Of course our government has made some errors in the handling of the virus response. We can always do better. Hindsight is 20/20.

Mr. Biden offers a new seating chart at restaurants and masks for delivery people? Really? That and criticism for the administration? How about some real ideas, Joe? As a small-business owner who has laid off one third of our staff, we need real ideas, not just the 20/20 view.

Scott Duroe

Olathe, Kan.

To the Editor:

How clear, how calm, and how refreshing! What a relief to hear the voice of reason and such a contrast to what’s coming from the White House. This is what leadership looks like. Thank you, Joe.

Victoria Sutton

Andover, Mass.

To the Editor:

Joe Biden is offering more of the same half measures that have shut down our economy and are prolonging our economic and psychological agony. More social distancing and more testing will just continue to slow the spread of the virus and leave us vulnerable to a second wave of infections when the economy reopens.

The only way that’s guaranteed to allow us to quickly reopen the economy without risk is to make self-testing widely available for Americans (for the virus, not the antibodies) and then to have the carriers self-isolate. This would allow the uninfected Americans, perhaps 300 million people, who are currently imprisoned in their homes to return to work and school immediately.