Submitted on Saturday 4th April 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 14th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Mandate the wearing of facial protection when moving outside in public
Mandate the wearing of facial protection by any individual leaving their home. Protection should not be medical grade, as this needs to be reserved for hospitals etc. Protection can be as simple as a scarf or a tea towel, and encourage individuals to sew masks for donation to medical institutions.
Wearing of cloth facial protection partially stops inhaling germs, and better stops folks spreading them. With SD they may reduce spreading with a blanket mandate. Much less invasive than lock-down.
US recommends medics to wear scarves as last resort, and folks to sew masks for hospital donation.
East Asia is better controlled, mask wearing universal, coincidence?
Advice needed about protection to use.
Advisory inadequate and easily undermined (stigmatization, nay sayers) , Enforcement simple.
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Make it mandatory to wear a face mask in public during Covid-19 Pandemic: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304397
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