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by Courier Readers © AP Workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus at a market in Daegu, South Korea, which has been widely praised for its response to the coronavirus outbreak. Sir, – It is clear the UK as a whole and Scotland’s coronavirus containment strategy has failed. If the vaccination program does not reduce the number of cases soon there could well be huge discontent by the general public. I have commented upon South Korea’s response several times previously and am afraid will again. The total number of cases is 69,651, wit...

© Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash Sir, – Normally few lay people read Scottish NHS statistical data. However, in the case of Covid-19 this is a great pity, as the cumulative statistics for Covid-19 deaths in Scotland are very revealing: Nobody under 20 has died in Scotland from Covid-19. Only two healthy people under 45 years old and a further 29 from 45 to 64 have died from Covid-19 in Scotland. Only 9% of Scottish Covid-19 deaths were under 65, and only 8% of those were otherwise healthy. Those who were both under 65 and healthy represent less than 1% of Covid-19 deaths. These figur...

December 21 2020, 9.19am Sir, – Regarding Maaike Cook’s comment on the honourable and democratic outcome of Scotland’s 2014 Referendum (Letters, November 28). My recollection is Scotland was cheated, with no honourable or democratic niceties by the Westminster Government, with their ridiculing, degrading and fearmongering language towards the Scots. Was it honourable and democratic for the Westminster Government to invite outside forces to interfere in the 2014 Referendum? I have lived through part of Scotland’s turbulent political history and seen not only referendums lost, so I ask...