Rejected petition Voluntary face coverings in shops and on public transport rather than mandatory

Instead of making face coverings in shops and public transport mandatory, it should be voluntary. This should be a personal choice.

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Face coverings on public transport and in shops should be voluntary and up to the individual in question. It is an intrusion on peoples personal freedom and morally wrong in a free country. Not only does this cause great anxiety and distress to a lot of people, it will have long term lasting social effects on society as a whole. Aside from this, given that the amount of people in England with Covid 19 is now 0.03% and deaths have greatly decreased in the last month it is largely pointless

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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Don't make the wearing of face masks compulsory in public places in England: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/331174

Repeal the decision to implement compulsory face coverings in English shops: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/331430

Make the use of masks on public transport voluntary and not mandatory: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325079

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/

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Date submitted 15 July 2020
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