We feel out of sight and out of mind

Please may I use the pages of your

paper to speak up for the most vulnerable section of the population in Bath, who I won’t say have been neglected but would appear to have been forgotten.

I am talking about those deemed by the Government to be “extremely clinically vulnerable”, as is my husband, probably confined to their homes. We have now been shielding since the first week in March. This means he has not been out of the house except to go onto our

terrace since then and I only to make a quick dash to the post box in the dark.

Two weeks ago I had my first vaccination. This means that literally weeks before my husband, I should be able to resume normal life after my second jab. Imagine once again being able to go out and meet friends, leaving him at home still confined. Is that really fair?

We love Bath and wouldn’t live anywhere else but in this instance we seem to be victims of what appears to be callous disregard when we read of other areas now even vaccinating 60-year-olds. To add insult to injury we are told firmly not to ask questions about the subject – hence this letter.

How very disappointing to see the “silent majority” treated in this way

June Ward

Bath