Covid vaccines should be as mandatory as wearing seatbelts: Yorkshire Post Letters

The Government apparently does not favour making Covid vaccination mandatory (The Yorkshire Post, February 18). Fair enough. Yet the wearing of a seatbelt is, and it is there for the sole benefit and protection of the belt wearer. Those who decide not to be vaccinated put others at risk as well as themselves.

Those who are not prepared to help the NHS and doctors by taking their advice to be vaccinated against Covid-19, unless they have good reason, should not expect or have the right to receive advice and treatment from their doctor when they themselves fall ill.

Hopefully our doctors will have persuasive powers.

We are spending billions of pounds trying to keep the virus out of this country and yet we are going to allow the un-vaccinated to spread and perpetuate this virus for some time to come.

From: Bob Holland, Cononley, Keighley.

A RECENT Government report by the Joint Biosecurity Centre pointed to the “stubbornly high” coronavirus rates in deprived communities in England such as Bradford, Leicester and Blackburn.

The test-and-trace scheme had failed in these areas for many reasons including the “unmet financial needs” of people in poorer areas. They could not afford to self-isolate when asked because of inadequate financial help from Government.

Baroness Harding, who is responsible for test-and-trace, claims that eight million people have been contacted and asked to self-isolate, but about 20,000 people per day were refusing to comply fully, allowing the virus to spread. This is not only dangerous but incredibly expensive.

From: Neil Richardson, Kirkheaton.

JUSTINE Greening (The Yorkshire Post, February 20) appears to use our NHS as a model for advancing progress in education: investing in prevention is better than cure, and the way technology has assisted the testing and delivery of vaccines during a time of merciless global pandemic. However, leaving aside the cost of the ongoing clinical response, how will the many numerous diverse groups which make up the education sector be given a similar level of urgency?

From: Christine McDade, Morton-on-Swale.

AM I the only person who is fed up of seeing our Prime Minister bumping elbows in laboratories? I would much rather that he remained in London sorting out the mess that is Brexit – for which I did vote.

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