Health blame game doesn’t hold water | Brief letters

Guardian Staff
Sink or swim? | Deep vision | Sacrificial candidate | Diverting days out Sir Christopher Ball telling people their future longevity is in their own hands and to stop blaming others ( Report, 20 May ) is akin to telling a drowning man to pull himself together and swim, without asking what were the circumstances that put him in the water in the first place. Life and longevity is a complex issue and simplistic solutions rarely hold water. Patrick Eckersley Woodbridge, Suffolk • A large eye does not