On May 31, some 38 percent of respondents in the United Kingdom stated that in their opinion the restrictions due to the coronavirus were too loose.
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Thinking about where you live and the current restrictions due to COVID-19, do you think the restrictions are too strict or too lose?
(as of May 31, 2020)
Characteristic
Too strict
About right
Too loose
Don't know
5/31
5%
52%
38%
5%
5/30
4%
56%
34%
6%
5/29
7%
46%
42%
6%
5/28
6%
60%
31%
3%
5/27
3%
52%
39%
6%
5/26
6%
53%
40%
1%
5/25
5%
50%
38%
7%
5/24
9%
59%
30%
2%
5/23
6%
53%
39%
2%
5/22
5%
52%
38%
6%
5/21
6%
62%
29%
4%
5/20
10%
50%
38%
2%
5/19
4%
50%
45%
1%
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Statista. (June 2, 2020). Thinking about where you live and the current restrictions due to COVID-19, do you think the restrictions are too strict or too lose? (as of May 31, 2020) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1115886/-dis-satisfaction-with-strictness-of-restrictions-due-to-coronavirus-in-the-uk/
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Statista. (2020). Thinking about where you live and the current restrictions due to COVID-19, do you think the restrictions are too strict or too lose? (as of May 31, 2020). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1115886/-dis-satisfaction-with-strictness-of-restrictions-due-to-coronavirus-in-the-uk/
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