I call on all young people to do their bit and get their Covid-19 vaccination

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An entreaty to 18-30 year olds who are vaccine hesitant: life should be fun, shouldn’t it? Especially for the young, the unencumbered, the free, the untethered. But what kind of world do you want to be free in?

This Covid-19 era must have made you feel so confined, so restricted, so unfairly held back in your rightful pursuit of happiness, in your desire to travel, in your quest for adventure, for a social life.

Think of yourself, think of your friends, think of your family and think of how you want to design your future — and please get double-vaxxed. When asked in later life, “What did you do to help conquer Covid?” you will at least be able to say, “I did my bit and took the vaccine.” Whatever age, whatever politics, whatever health ethos, we're all on the same side here – humanity versus the virus and we can't let it win.

Louise Hudson

Portugal

A crisis

No matter how the government dresses it up or who they blame, Britain is embedded in a deep crisis never before experienced – Covid-19, a broken/unsustainable Brexit, and we are an international laughing stock.

The method most favoured by Boris Johnson and his inept government to control the pandemic is “hindsight” management. They have, initially, been late to lockdown and too early to unlock over Covid-19. Subsequently, they repeated the error.

Brexit has not been “done”, but the British people have been. And most importantly, the government, particularly Johnson and David Frost, have reduced Britain’s standing in the world.

We are currently up the creek without a paddle. How much more of this will it take before there is a public outcry?

Keith Poole

Basingstoke

NHS reputation

The latest furore regarding NHS pay will leave a bitter taste in the mouths of those who have not been well served by our hugely overrated health service.

The NHS remains a national religion. Personally speaking, I am not a believer and I get the sense that more than a few others feel the same.

Philip Duval

Manchester

Fun and Games

Australian Kaylee McKeown has won the Olympic 100m backstroke, yet some are concentrating on her unfortunately inappropriate response when interviewed. She was asked if she had anything to say to her family and she replied, "[Expletive] yeah!"

Let's concentrate on what she got right after four years of hard training rather than a slip of the tongue. Yes, as a champion it is assumed she will be a role model and perfect in all ways, but in reality, she is a human being who has achieved a fantastic result. Let her have a bit of fun and celebrate.

Well done, Kaylee.

Dennis Fitzgerald

Melbourne

Missing the mark

The remarks regarding road-building and electric cars misses the point that they cause pollution, but in different places. For example, power stations and the building thereof, extraction of materials, transportation and manufacture.

Doug Flack

Derby

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