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End the wearing of masks for covid 19 recovered patients.

Submitted on Wednesday 12th August 2020

Rejected on Monday 7th September 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

End the wearing of masks for covid 19 recovered patients.

Petition Details

End the mandatory wearing of face coverings in all settings for people that have tested positive and recovered from covid 19 .

Additional Information

People that have had covid 19 cannot catch and pass on the virus so should not be made to wear face coverings. People that have had covid 19 could possibly be suffering long term lung issues that can worsen with wearing a mask.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

People with medical reasons for not wearing a face covering are already exempt from doing so.

There is no current evidence that having contracted COVID-19 confers any immunity from contracting it a second time

www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/covid-19/latest-evidence/immune-responses

Having a lung condition does not make wearing a mask dangerous:

www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/coronavirus/what-should-people-with-a-lung-condition-do-now/face-coverings

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