Masks are an important intervention for mitigating the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (1–6), and countywide mask mandates appear to have contributed to the mitigation of COVID-19 spread in Kansas counties that had them in place. Community-level mitigation strategies emphasizing use of masks, physical distancing, staying at home when ill, and enhanced hygiene practices can help reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6947e2.htm?s_cid=mm6947e2_w
Pretty compelling evidence in support of commonsense.
zxcvzcxv wrote:
Pretty compelling evidence in support of commonsense.
Sadly, common sense is a lot like common courtesy: not that common.
If your goal is infection reduction at all cost, sure they work. Lots of things would work. Welding people inside of their apartments worked great in China.
If your goal is maximizing personal freedom, then they absolutely do not.
Monkeys typing wrote:
Masks are an important intervention for mitigating the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (1–6), and countywide mask mandates appear to have contributed to the mitigation of COVID-19 spread in Kansas counties that had them in place. Community-level mitigation strategies emphasizing use of masks, physical distancing, staying at home when ill, and enhanced hygiene practices can help reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6947e2.htm?s_cid=mm6947e2_w
From a research perspective, the mask mandates coincided with lots of other reduction strategies, and also occurred in communities with more sociopolitlcal/cultural concern about transmission reduction. Very hard to say to what degree masks were responsible for the changes, and which was due to other behavioral changes.
The Danish RCT is a far better study isolating the actual efficacy of mask mandates.
The main problem with this study is it contains cherry-picked data -- there is zero correlation with mask usage and cases in counties elsewhere. Covid had already run its course to some extent in the metro areas that now have mask mandates, which is why cases are decreasing there and increasing in rural areas.
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Red Bull (who sponsors Mondo) calls Mondo the pole vaulting Usain Bolt. Is that a fair comparison?