Editor, Gazette-Journal:

We would like to thank the Virginia taxpayers, whose dollars have supported molecular microbiology research through the National Institutes of Health, headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

The National Institutes of Health is a world-renowned research and training organization. Its support, through training grants at universities, has provided the cadre of researchers who have produced successful coronavirus research and vaccine development.

John C. Partin, M.D.Jacqueline S. Partin, M.S.Gloucester, Va.
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