Health blame game doesn’t hold water | Brief letters

Sink or swim? | Deep vision | Sacrificial candidate | Diverting days outSir 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 EckersleyWoodbridge, Suffolk• A large eye does not give...