Signed. Good luck.
When I go to it it says the contents are bring checked for consideration as a petition..?
Does anyone know of successful anti lockdown petitions at all. They agree one thing and you think you have success then they crush it another way by the back door it seems.. gymns staying open in tier 3 as an example so they brought in tier 4 and shut them anyway as that was their plan all along..same with pubs preparing to be rona safe??they did it anyway..
I will still be signing though..
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I received this email from Gov. Once I had signed it
Robert Locksley’s petition:
Do not mandate face coverings outdoors
Some powerful but uninformed political agitators are calling for the wearing of face coverings to be mandatory in all public spaces. This is an unscientific and unnecessary approach to curbing the spread of Covid-19, and a further infringement of fundamental human rights. It must not pass into law.
Mandatory face coverings in indoor public spaces purports to 'help stop the spread' of Covid-19. However, the conclusion reached by the largest randomised control trial conducted on the effects of mask-wearing, DANMASK-19, is that masks are not effective in reducing transmission. Some people fear that excessive mask-wearing could carry its own health risks. Also, it is established that the transmission of Covid-19 outdoors is extremely rare, so outdoor use contradicts scientific understanding.
Click this link to sign the petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/sponsors/103562913/verify?token=aWX65te7opiZNsxjdlsS
Looked at the DANMASK-19 study and discovered the conclusion was...
"no significant effect for facemask wearers"
Misses the point entirely, since the main objective is for the wearer to reduce the risk of them infecting others. ie. reduce their risk.
Wearing a mask indoors is responsible and I'm glad to say I see excellent compliance where I live.
Given no effect whatsoever then what's the point?I live it when I see unmasked human beings...
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The point of wearing a mark indoors is to not infect other people. (reduces risk by about a factor of 3) Not as good as 2m distance ( about a factor of 30), so not a substitute for distance.
Masks outside, is functionally of negligible benefit. But symbolically it reinforces that something is wrong and may steer people to be more wary.
