Submitted on Sunday 1st November 2020
Rejected on Friday 6th November 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Close schools and universities for the 4 week lockdown and open gyms.
The Uni of Edinburgh concluded that the opening of schools rose the R rate by 24%. Children, of course cannot social distance and not all know basic hygiene. As well as this, many universities such as Nottingham have had incredibly high infection spikes.
On the other hand, a study using 1,300 gyms and leisure centres across the country, with a total of 8 million visits over three weeks saw 17 infections that could be traced to the gyms. Gyms do not pose a threat of transmitting Covid rapidly, like schools and universities, yet they are to be shut. Gyms are essential to many people’s health during lockdowns. Few people can really ‘home exercise’.
Close school / universities and open gyms.
Stop hurting local small business with inane policies.
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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:
Keep gyms and leisure facilities open during any lockdown: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/556956
Prevent gyms closing due to a spike in Covid 19 cases: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/333869
Require university campuses to close to stop the spread of COVID-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/552512
Close Schools and Colleges during a second nationwide lockdown: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/557012
Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/550846
The Committee will be holding a debate on Covid-19 restrictions on gyms and sport on Monday 23 November. You will be able to watch the debate on Parliament TV at 4.30pm: www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons
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