Delay lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, as recommended by experts

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Delay until everyone, including adolescents, have been offered vaccination & uptake is high, and until mitigation measures, especially adequate ventilation and spacing, are in place in schools. Follow the advice of >100 experts, who published an open letter in The Lancet on July 7th 2021.

The letter states that premature lifting of restrictions "risks creating a generation left with chronic health problems & disability" & that "the government's strategy provides fertile ground for the emergence of vaccine-resistant variants". Hospitals are again strained from increased COVID-admissions and staff isolation; operations & cancer-treatments are being cancelled. Lifting restrictions too soon will make this situation worse. Government shouldn't be gambling with people's lives this way

Why it was rejected

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

Do not lift Covid-19 restrictions on 19th July

Timeline

8 Jul 2021	Petition opened for signatures
12 Jul 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Jul 2021

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