I’d like to submit an idea for a new Utah specialty license plate: “Utah, you’ll know us by our smile.”
The Legislature and the governor continue to keep busy finding stupid answers to nonexistent problems. I know it’s useless to appeal to science; fluoride in drinking water reduces the incidence of tooth cavities. The entire Utah congressional delegation voted to confirm RFK, Jr. to head of the nation’s health care, despite his reliance on conspiracy theories and fraudulent scientific studies to shape public health policy. I grew up in the pre-measles-vaccine days, drinking raw milk and taking cod liver oil (vitamin A) daily. I got measles and the mumps.
The horrible air quality that plagues the Wasatch Front adversely affects the health of millions of Utah residents; we don’t see much legislative action there. Nor do they seem overly concerned about the dying Great Salt Lake. I suppose they could mitigate the recent fluoride bill by mandating free dental care for all Utah residents under the age of 18, but I doubt that will happen.
Or how about, “Utah, a great place to be a dentist”?
David Hensel, Boulder
