Almost half of the British public – 45 percent – support the reimposition of mask mandates on public transport, with that figure rising to a staggering 52 percent in Greater London, according to a recent poll from More in Common UK.
Pollsters asked over 2,000 Britons whether they would “support or oppose the government re-introducing… COVID-19 restrictions at the current time?” to which roughly one-fifth of the public suggested they support the return of restrictions.
Support for restrictions was highest among Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2012) and millennials (born between 1981 and 1996), with a third of the latter supporting the arbitrary closure of nightclubs and limits on how many people can meet at the same time. Just under one-third – 31 percent – similarly support closing nightclubs. One-quarter of both Gen Z and Millennials supported closing restaurants and pubs.
Whereas 27 percent of Gen X (between 41 and 55 years old) and Baby Boomers (aged between 56 and 74) support closing nightclubs, and even fewer support closing restaurants and pubs, at 17 percent among Baby Boomers and 12 percent for the “silent generation (those older than 75).”
The effectiveness of the measures imposed by governments to combat the spread of COVID-19 has been consistently questioned and debunked by a number of studies, including the fact that lockdowns saved just 1,700 lives in Britain and 4,000 in the United States.
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