Survey: 40 percent of Utah residents think mask are attack on liberties

Four in 10 Utahns believe that vaccine mandates, whether imposed by the government or by businesses, are an attack on their individual liberties, according to a recent survey by MyBioSource.com, a biotechnical products distribution company. The survey was taken prior to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that blocked Pres. Joe Biden’s order that all businesses with more than 100 employees be subject to mandatory vaccinations or frequent testing and mask-wearing.

The survey found that opinions on mandates and freedoms varied widely by location. In Hawaii, only 17 percent thought a vaccine mandate was an attack on their individual freedom. Comparatively, however, this figure was 70 percent in West Virginia.

More than half of Utah residents (53 percent) think that politicians making decisions concerning such things as vaccination mandates and masking should formally disclose their vaccination status, survey results showed. The national average on that question was 64 percent.