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   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-   
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