How Do You React When an Anti-Vaxxer Dies of Covid?

Credit...Giacomo GambineriTo the Editor:

Re “,” by James Martin (Opinion guest essay, Feb. 1):

I am highly disturbed by the anti-vax movement, but rather than feeling vindicated by the deaths of those who made the choice not to be vaccinated, I feel a deep sadness because, simply, so may people did not need to die.

We have all been affected by the sheer volume of death and misery this virus has created. Many people are hardened by compassion fatigue. My personal fury is directed at political figures who have negatively contributed to the situation through their disingenuous rhetoric, espoused for their personal political benefit.

The losses we have sustained as a nation are tragic. The saddest…