No quarter given

Sir, – There is a marked aversion to the very mention of calendar months of the year in Covid briefings. Targets are to be reached “ later in quarter one or early quarter two or commencing quarter three”(July to you and me) in an effort to mask the slow delivery of vaccines. All I know is that, statistically, I’m probably well into Q3 of my allotted lifespan and I wouldn’t mind getting vaccinated before either I or Q3 expires. – Yours, etc,

RORY E MacFLYNN,

Blackrock, Co Dublin.