Omicron panic has put the journey towards normality into reverse
SIR – The reaction to the omicron variant has shown us what will happen when another mutation emerges, and another one after that. We have seen the panicked imposition of restrictions on our freedoms, without proper parliamentary scrutiny.
All Covid developments should be taken seriously, but this does not justify the illiberal policies advocated by zero-Covid fanatics. The journey back to normality has stalled.
David Muir
Bristol
SIR – I have had enough of the way this Government panics whenever a new variant rears its head.
I’ve been triple-jabbed and flujabbed, yet still the powers that be are not satisfied. This nonsense must stop. John Baker
Crayford, Kent
SIR – My children are currently forced to wear masks at school for six hours a day all week. At break times they have to go outside, whatever the weather, so that the year groups don’t mix, while the teachers sit in the common room unmasked drinking coffee.
Their clubs, end-of-term concerts, nativity plays and sporting fixtures have now (once again) been cancelled – and all because of a virus that affects them no more than a common cold. How can this be right?
Archie Graham-Palmer
Wrexham
SIR – No 10 has told us not to cancel our Christmas celebrations. I’m sure we can rely on it to do that for us.
David McManamon
Highworth, Wiltshire
SIR – Thank goodness the Government has made “face coverings” mandatory in crowded situations.
These should be proper masks, consisting of at least three layers of a close-woven, absorbent material such as cotton, and fitting comfortably over the mouth and nose. A mask made in this way will intercept a decent proportion of the saliva droplets. It will also protect against other saliva-borne viruses such as influenza.
I hope that these rules are in place throughout the winter.
Robert Simpson-White
Coleford, Gloucestershire
SIR – It seems I must wear a mask on London transport and in shops but not when I do a pilates class or play bridge at my club.
Linda Major London SW15
SIR – I tried to book a booster jab. All the options were miles away, so I left it.
Later, I tried again and secured a venue that I could walk to. When I arrived, I discovered that the clinic had been cancelled. Nobody had told me.
I then booked another venue but that involves standing in a long queue for some 45 minutes outside at 6.30pm in the freezing cold. What is going on with our once fantastic vaccination programme?
Stan Grabecki St Albans, Hertfordshire