To the Editor:

This is in regard to Jay Mann’s fishing column last week (“Go Out Surf Fishing to Stave Off Viruses and Remain Distant,” 3/11), part of which was shared to me by my dad in Ocean County.

One of my first lines of questioning was, has the overall death rate increased? Those numbers are always hard to get, but it just reflects a starting point for my way of thinking.

March 18, 2020