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This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition Close schools along with the lockdown to save lives

Close the schools, colleges and universities to save lives and lessen the stress on all students and to stop the spread of the virus to different and possibly vulnerable families

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If you close the schools, it will lesson the stress on students helping their mental health and it will stop lots of students traveling ergo reducing the spread of the virus, it will stop students spreading it to different families many that are vulnerable this will also reduce the stress of many families as they don't have to worry about their children coming home and infecting them

This would also speed up the drop in cases as thousands of students aren't spreading it/catching it

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/552512
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/550846

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