Rejected petition Those exercising and breathing heavily in public must wear a mask during covid19

Rejected on 27 May 2020

During the Covid-19 pandemic those people who want to exercise in public spaces must wear a mask to contain their breathe so as not to potentially infect other people and to demonstrate respect for their fellow citizens.

If someone with Covid-19 is huffing and puffing freely then their breathe can travel much further than the 2 metre recommended distancing and so could potentially infect many people when out for a jog or cycling past other members of the public out for a gentle stroll.

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Make it mandatory to wear a face mask in public during Covid-19 Pandemic: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304397

Supply and mandate the use of face masks and gloves: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308209

Supply surgical masks to be used by the general public: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306950

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 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/

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.