How can Peter Savill compare the foot-and-mouth outbreak to HIV (Argus, March 13)? There is no comparison (ask any doctor).

Horse racing should be banned until this dreadful outbreak has been beaten.

If zoos and public places are closed to the general public, so should all racing venues be to help stop the spread of the disease.

Mr Savill, would you donate all the winnings to help the farmers in this crisis? No, of course not.

Yours is not the only industry that is suffering, you know.

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