“Say it ain’t so,” my Labrador retriever Winnie exclaimed Sunday morning when there wasn’t a paper to retrieve. I tried to explain that we were in a pandemic state and advertising was down, revenues, expenses, etc.

President Trump has done everything correct about COVID-19.

Instead of worrying about being exposed to the COVID-19 virus by airborne sources, consider what you're stepping in when in public places. That's where the virus ends up, on the floor. Someone coughs or sneezes and it's in the air for a brief period, then it's on the ground for 24 hours.

A "wartime president" doesn't expect the states to battle individually with the federal government as backup.

I'm thinking "The Galveston (Non-Daily) News" is taking a hell of a chance with its new delivery schedule, particularly in light of the fact the paper has shrunk in years since Hurricane Ike.

Home school week 2: I put the children in detention for the week and I will be in the teacher’s lounge.

Many have wondered how the truth and science challenged TV reality star and current resident of The White House would respond when faced with a real catastrophe. Let's review just a few of his early responses to the COVID-19 catastrophe:

I thought Catherine Athearn from Pirates Beach had a great recommendation for Mayor Jim Yarbrough ("How about beach walks while partiers sleep?," The Daily News, April 2). We also live on the West End, and our beach is closed.

A League City postal worker duct-taped this note on my apartment mailboxes on April 2:

I'm writing in support of the Endangered Species Act and in opposition to efforts by Congress to undermine this landmark wildlife conservation law.

Two pandemic response teams were disbanded. Our pandemic expert in China, Dr. Linda Quick, who would've assisted China in stemming the pandemic at its onset, was recalled and dismissed. None of the easily foreseeable steps to fight the virus were taken: Personal protective equipment for the …

Margaret Battistelli Gardner states, “These are worrisome times, no doubt. But grasping for straws masquerading as sound medical advice won’t allay any fears” ("Find hope in facts, not straws," The Daily News, April 2)

Moral dilemma? Ford Pinto versus coronavirus.

There's one in every crowd. It’s kind of amusing when you see someone flipping out over their constitutional rights being stepped on by the stay-at-home orders.

The coronavirus is extremely tough on everyone physically, financially and emotionally, but I'm beginning to observe some interesting social behavior in my own neighborhood on historic Galveston Island.

I would like to applaud Mayor Jim Yarbrough. Closing our beaches was the right thing to do in order to keep so many day-trippers from coming and possibly spreading the coronavirus around our island.

Well, well, well ... I may be losing it — or not.

Our local, state, and federal governments have responded to COVID-19 by blatantly violating our rights.

In response to the story ("City closes beaches as visitors still flock to island," The Daily News, March 30): We're going to miss our daily walks here at Pirates Beach. How about letting us on between sunrise and 9:30 a.m. while the partiers are sleeping?