Some may have to endure lockdown longer than others

Lauren (MetroTalk, Wed) says a Covid passport would be a ‘ridiculous’ idea, in part because younger people will not get the jab until later and we should all come out of lockdown together.

How typical of the me, me, me generation.

If pubs, theatres and so on can open with maybe half capacity (ie, with older people who have been vaccinated), isn’t that better than getting no revenue flowing whatsoever?

If that means younger people have to wait a bit longer, well, tough bananas. They probably have many more years ahead to enjoy themselves.

Besides, we’ve seen what has happened when they are ‘let out of jail’. Some of them don’t know how to behave, swarming like flies and leaving a trail of rubbish in their wake! Linda, Harrogate

Philip seems to be grasping at straws in his attempt to blame the concerns over the AstraZeneca vaccine on the ‘leftist/liberal’ media (MetroTalk, Thu).

I’m sure I can speak for many when I say the concerns over the vaccine are a pain. When I had my first AstraZeneca dose, news about the blood clots suffered by a minority caused worry that the investigation into the vaccine might result in delays in getting a second dose. This especially, when we consider how many people have been given the vaccine and how small the number of blood clot cases are.

But as small as the number of cases may be, it’s something that has to be looked into by professionals.

I’m sure people like Philip struggle to accept the reality of situations like this and so find it easier to blame everything on the left. Matthew, Birmingham

Philip, your conspiracy theory that the media is leftist/liberal is not true, according to the data. Just Jack, Musselburgh

To those scared of having the AstraZeneca vaccine, how many of them are women who take the contraceptive pill? They are at a much greater risk of getting a blood clot with the Pill. K Baker, West Midlands

Having spent an entire year shielding, with all the problems that presented, I fully support a Covid passport.

Even now there are thousands of people flouting the laws each day and doing exactly what they want without regard for others, particularly the clinically extremely vulnerable.

If we are to break free of this awful virus, we need to identify who is potentially carrying it, and whether or not they have had the vaccine and have antibodies against the virus.

After all, if we have a mobile phone, as most people do nowadays, then any argument against freedoms or discrimination are totally irrelevant. Let’s get back to normal very soon. Alan Moore, North Weald

To all those people who have had the vaccine, good for you – it’s your choice so kindly leave me to my choice of not having it.

I’ve had Covid, survived it (without medical intervention) – as do the majority of people – so have natural immunity (probably better than yours), so I’m more likely to catch it from you. Ever thought about that one? Liz, via email

If people don’t want to have the Covid vaccine, that’s their choice. But we will never eradicate this virus if people do not get vaccinated or have a natural immunity.

Science is a wonderful thing and so much effort has gone into getting a vaccine that is safe for use.

I well remember back in the late 1960s when you couldn’t travel abroad to some countries unless you had a smallpox vaccination certificate (in fact I still have mine in an old passport). And I’m sure most countries are going to want some form of coronavirus certificate as proof that tourists have been vaccinated.

Airlines should make it a condition of flying that you have to be vaccinated, otherwise stay at home.

Only by mass vaccination throughout the world do we stand any chance of eradicating this deadly virus. It has cost the lives of about 127,000 people so far in this country alone. Peter Eccles, Manchester