Life looks very limited without vaccination
■ Now that more vaccines are on the way and that vaccination centres will soon be running out of people to vaccinate, all remaining adults should be offered a jab as soon as the over-40s are inoculated. That way, even more people can be protected and we can return to a sense of normality.
Phil Brand, London
■ I agree with Liz that it’s your free choice not to have the Covid-19 vaccination (MetroTalk, Fri) but it’s also the free choice of all companies not to let unvaccinated people on to their premises or into their mode of transport – ie shops, pubs, clubs, stadiums, hotels, cinemas, museums, trains, buses, planes and everything else we all enjoy. So good luck with your future, limited life! That’s why I’m grateful for the vaccination and the proposed vaccination passports.
I feel the coronavirus vaccination and Covid passports are the only way to bring life back to normal.
Proudly Vaccinated Greig, Edinburgh
■ Liz believes that having natural immunity ‘is probably better’ than having the vaccine. Research to date suggests the reverse.
The scientific consensus is that the vaccine is a safer and surer way of obtaining immunity, especially after the second dose. A mild dose of Covid doesn’t appear to offer much protection.
But regardless of what the British government decides, it may be the
difference between being able to travel to your holiday destination or not – as many other countries already demand proof of Covid vaccination before you enter.
It works the same way as the well-established yellow fever vaccination certificate. The NHS website states, ‘Some countries require a certificate showing you have been vaccinated before you’re allowed entry. This is known as an International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP)’.
No certificate, no entry – simple as that.
If you want to travel abroad and have protection from Covid, get the jab, Liz. That will help the rest of us keep safe, too.
Stephen Spark, Balham
I agree with Liz – it’s my right to choose to be vaccinated or not. Anyway, the vaccine doesn’t stop you from contracting the virus, or prevent you from passing it on.
Elaine, Chorlton
There are two types of people in this world – the ones who do their best to make this virus disappear, and the ones who don’t care. The latter will always find an excuse to take their mask off in public.
It’s a risky strategy, because the latter are often also aggressive by nature but if we all ask them to put their masks on, perhaps by making their journey just as uncomfortable as they make ours, they might change their attitude.