omghulkhands
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Actual real world numbers mean nothing according to Hulk! Don't tell that to these doctors, though:
Mask mandate and use efficacy in state-level COVID-19 containment
"Results: Case growth was not significantly different between mandate and non-mandate states at low or high transmission rates, and surges were equivocal. Mask use predicted lower case growth at low, but not high transmission rates. Growth rates were comparable between states in the first and last mask use quintiles adjusted for normalized total cases early in the pandemic and unadjusted after peak Fall-Winter infections. Mask use did not predict Summer 2020 case growth for non-Northeast states or Fall-Winter 2020 growth for all continental states.
Conclusions: Mask mandates and use are not associated with slower state-level COVID-19 spread during COVID-19 growth surges. Containment requires future research and implementation of existing efficacious strategies.
Our findings do not support the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 transmission rates decrease with greater public mask use"
Clearly these doctors are really dumb for even studying such data, though. It's meaningless. Just ask Hulk
Why are you linking me a non peer reviewed study about mandate efficacy (not even mask efficacy) from a couple guys at UofL as definitive proof?
Here is a very recent peer reviewed piece you can review that you keep saying doesn’t exist
https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj-2021-068302
And it’s not like things of this nature are hard to find. I don’t really know what you’re even on about saying there are no studies showing mask effectiveness. There are literally thousands.