// By: Oscar Adame
Wed July 14, 2021
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, announced that on July 19 his government will lift the rest of the precautionary measures of the confinement. Now known as ‘Freedom Day’, this will allow nightclubs and forums to reopen without capacity limits and without the mandatory use of masks.
The latter has caused a great discussion within the United Kingdom since while there are people who see the lifting of the measures as an important fact that will help the country’s economy and that will reactivate both its nightlife and the creative industries, there are also many others who are concerned about the rise in infections in the UK and the rest of the world.
The latter are those who have voted in a poll of Ipsos MORI para The Economist that 26% of the inhabitants of the islands support keeping clubs and mass events closed. On the other hand, 43% would prefer they were closed until COVID-19 is under control.
Gideon Skinner, Head of Policy Research at Ipsos MORI, said: “Through most of the pandemic, we have seen support for many of the measures the government has taken to control the virus; broadly speaking, many more people define themselves as sympathetic to the restrictions than opponents, and only a minority believe the rules have been too strict.
“This latest poll supports this, with the public prepared to accept a number of restrictions, such as the use of masks and travel abroad, to be implemented in the short term after the easing planned for July 19, and even if it is necessary until the coronavirus is available. under control around the world (although support for the most extreme of options, curfew, is consistently much lower) ”, closed within your report.
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