Submitted on Tuesday 14th July 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 21st July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
STOP MANDATORY FACE MASKS IN PUBLIC PLACES IN THE UK
The wearing of masks, surgical or homemade should be a choice in public places and not mandatory.
There is evidence that cloth and homemade masks offer no protection against covid but they can lower immunity of the healthy, therefore it should be individual choice to wear one or not to wear one.
I believe there needs to be very clear unbiased information from the Government about masks, and the science that is leading the Government to want to mandate them. Clear information to inform and educate the public, with pros and cons to wearing masks is needed so the public can make their own choice about whether or not they wish to wear a mask in public. Forcing the wearing of masks in public areas is limiting a persons right to choose and therefore their freedom.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Don't make the wearing of face masks compulsory in public places in England: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/331174
Repeal the decision to implement compulsory face coverings in English shops: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/331430
Make the use of masks on public transport voluntary and not mandatory: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325079
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