Sir, – Niall O’Dowd says “there is no evidence whatever” that US president Joe Biden cannot make it through a second term (“Don’t write Biden off just yet. Trump is the opponent his camp wants”, Opinion & Analysis, January 11th).
He ignores the intervention of the Grim Reaper.
US actuarial life tables show that a quarter of 82-year-old American males die within four years. – Yours, etc,
Dr JOHN DOHERTY,
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