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Letters:<strong> Dr Fiona McMillan</strong> reflects on whether Jeremy Corbyn’s policies might have found a more receptive audience now than they did in 2019. Plus letters from <strong>Iain Rowan</strong>, <strong>Marcia Saunders</strong>, <strong>Leonard Freeman</strong> and <strong>Keith Flett</strong>
Boris Johnson issues an apology for the 100,000-plus Covid death toll during his briefing on Tuesday THE United Kingdom's horrific death toll of 100,000 from a total population of 67 million ("Deeply sorry: UK death toll passes 100,000", The Herald, January 27) is far worse than the American death toll of 425,000 from a population of 328m. If the US had a death rate pro rata to the UK its current death toll would be 490,000. So here we are, a country blessed with one of the best public health services in the developed world, with a far worse Covid-related death record than a country with ...