Letters to the Editor: Billionaire's cash could be put to immediate use

Elon Musk tweeted he would give $6 billion if the World Food Programme could show it would solve world hunger. Photo / Getty Images

Your correspondent John Williams (Letters, November 9) does not believe billionaire Elon Musk's offer of a huge grant to poverty-stricken nations is relevant.

In my opinion, it could be used immediately in Afghanistan, where more than 20 million people are living and dying in a violent, corrupt and sexist regime - facing winter and famine.

Jackie Evans
Pukehangi

DIY mechanic's lament

Like many youngsters, while in my teens and early 20s, we spent more time under cars than driving them.

There was always a bit falling off here and there, or a loose nut, or oil that came from nowhere.

The most frequent repair always seemed to be to the exhaust system, salted roads (in the northern hemisphere) could rot an exhaust in six months.

How disappointed will tomorrow's youngsters be when they find their EV has no rusted exhaust to bind up with bits of wire, string, and duct tape?

Jim Adams
Rotorua

Sight of preventable diseases unforgettable

School teachers who refuse to be vaccinated would be best suited to another profession.

Apart from the risk they pose to the community, what sort of message are they sending to their students?

Have they never had a polio, tetanus, TB, diphtheria or any other jab?

Would they advise their students not to take those precautions?

I was a nurse in the 1950s, and I saw children die of tetanus and crippled and die of polio, in Third World countries, people were still dying of smallpox.

Seeing these dreadful diseases first-hand is something one never forgets and is thankful we are so lucky to have a vaccine for Covid-19.

A M Gribben
Mount Maunganui

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