Submitted on Tuesday 6th July 2021
Rejected on Friday 9th July 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Keep mask wearing as compulsory in closed spaces until infection rates decrease
With COVID infections still rising, the government announced that it would remove compulsory wearing of face masks and leave it to personal choice. The government should keep face mask wearing until infection rates drop.
Not everyone will choose to wear a face mask. Those who do not are also unlikely to take other precautions. The risk of passing on an infection is higher where the uninflected party wears a face mask but the infected party does not. Non-wearers put others at risk. If both wear face masks the infection rates are low (WHO data, studies). Abandoning face masks whilst infection rates are rising is reckless. It decreases public confidence resuming normality. Keeping it does not cost anything.
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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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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Keep face covering mandatory in indoor public settings beyond 19th July 2021: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/590616
Keep face masks mandatory for public transport after the lifting of restrictions: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/590694
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