Sir, – Micheál Martin rules out mandatory vaccination, as he should. But this is to a backdrop of Nphet “considering” the issue.
Why on earth is this being even discussed with 95 per cent of the country having voluntarily been jabbed twice – including me – and a fast-growing 63 per cent receiving the booster.
Ireland has seen one of the planet’s harshest lockdowns, with the closing or partial closure of the entertainment, hospitality and tourist sector .
If we look at the data, we see that while cases increased throughout December, deaths actually declined.
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Yet our Nphet masters see it fit to consider further harsh measures to force the few who do not wish to get vaccinated to submit to vaccination. I am not a psychologist – but you don’t have to be one to know that those kinds of measures will produce far more vaccine scepticism than they will produce vaccine compliance. – Yours, etc,
AARON DORAN,
Kilbride,
Co Wicklow.
Sir, – I am a fully vaccinated GP whose practice is actively involved in the Covid vaccination program. I believe that at this point in time it is not necessary to go down the precarious road of considering mandatory Covid vaccination. Ireland is buying €90 million of anti-viral drugs. The Pfizer anti-viral drug, which could be available as early as next month, reduces the number of hospital admissions in unvaccinated high-risk patients by 90 per cent, so there should be a significant reduction in hospital and ICU admissions caused by the unvaccinated once these medications are available.– Yours, etc,
REGGIE SPELMAN,
Health Centre,
Bridgetown, Co Wexford.
Sir, – May I remind my fellow citizens that Article 40.3.1 of the Constitution guarantees bodily integrity. – Yours, etc,
C MURRAY,
Dublin 14.