STOP MANDATORY FACE MASKS IN PUBLIC PLACES IN THE UK · petition

What the petition asks

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.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Don't make the wearing of face masks compulsory in public places in England: Don't make the wearing of face masks compulsory in public places in England

Repeal the decision to implement compulsory face coverings in English shops: Repeal the decision to implement compulsory face coverings in English shops.

Make the use of masks on public transport voluntary and not mandatory: Make the use of masks on public transport voluntary and not mandatory

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

14 Jul 2020	Petition opened for signatures
21 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee