Poll: Vast Majority Unfazed By Omicron, Oppose Mandates

69 percent 'say no new mandates or restrictions are required'

A vast majority of Americans oppose mandates or restrictions for the 
Omicron variant, according to a poll released Wednesday.

The poll, which was conducted by Convention of States Action and the 
Trafalgar Group, found that 69 percent of Americans "say no new 
mandates or restrictions are required for the Omicron variant of 
COVID-19." That number includes 67 percent of independents, 86 
percent of Republicans, and 54 percent of Democrats.

Of those surveyed, 38 percent oppose new mandates or restrictions 
"regardless of [the] risk from Omicron," while 31 percent say 
"Omicron is not a serious health risk." Only 30 percent say Omicron 
is a serious risk that warrants additional mandates and 
restrictions.

Politicians have already begun imposing restrictions over the 
Omicron variant. The Biden administration in November issued travel 
bans for eight African nations and mandated that even vaccinated 
foreign travelers have to test negative. The governors of California 
and New York, meanwhile, reinstated indoor mask mandates amid 
Omicron fears and increasing case numbers.

This poll is not the first to find that Americans widely oppose 
COVID-19 mandates. Convention of States Action and the Trafalgar 
Group found in September that nearly 59 percent of voters oppose 
President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate on private businesses. And 65 
percent say their fellow Americans should not lose their jobs for 
refusing the vaccine.


https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/poll-vast-majority-unfazed-by-
omicron-oppose-mandates/