Mask mandates did not slow the spread of the coronavirus in the United States. A new study in pre-publication phase provides further documentation of what astute observers of the COVID-19 pandemic already know.
The study’s lead author Damian D. Guerra, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Louisville, and co-author Daniel J. Guerra, of VerEvMed, “hypothesized that statewide mask mandates and mask use are associated with lower COVID-19 case growth rates.”
Then, they set out to do what real scientists actually do: Disprove the “null hypothesis.” This is another way of saying they set out to falsify their assumption. Spoiler alert: They did.
“Contrary to our hypothesis, early mandates were not associated with lower minimum case growth,” the authors found. “Maximum case growth was the same among states with early, late, and no mandates. This indicates that mask mandates were not predictive of slower COVID-19 spread when community transmission rates were low or high.”
Kept other colds away….if that is any relief.
Try going into a Salisbury food lion without a mask. All employees and customers are still wearing mask. Based on science that says not to wear a mask. Craziness
States Stealing people’s Stimulus & unemployment Money won’t make any difference either !!!! Only Hurts !!