Do Mask Mandates Work? New Analysis Suggests They Don’t
Zero Hedge
According to analysis by data expert Justin Hart, who has been following COVID-19 data for months, demonstrated in a Sunday Twitter thread that states with mask mandates had a greater number of COVID cases per 100,000 people than states without mandates.
See thread below:
That's right. With mandates in place states say 10 more cases per 100K population. Here's the breakdown by state. Many states have had days with mandates (blue) and without (orange)
Drawn your own conclusions.
2/ pic.twitter.com/I2XknhFOQk— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) December 20, 2020
Another objection: "Well, we can never know for certain HOW MUCH WORSE it could have been without masks." First, that's not science – that's unfalsifiable nonsense.
Maybe consider that the virus is beyond your control. See these 6 states with different mandates. Up and down.
4/ pic.twitter.com/HT7Ne9z5o4— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) December 20, 2020
Another objection: "Well, we can never know for certain HOW MUCH WORSE it could have been without masks." First, that's not science – that's unfalsifiable nonsense.
Maybe consider that the virus is beyond your control. See these 6 states with different mandates. Up and down.
4/ pic.twitter.com/HT7Ne9z5o4— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) December 20, 2020
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— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) December 20, 2020
Sen. @RandPaul bringing the ???
Face masks are "all about submission."
"There's no value to the cloth mask, at all. It's like wearing your underwear. You might as well cut your underwear up and wear your underwear as protection. It doesn't work." pic.twitter.com/kERmDG56Bl
— Scott Morefield (@SKMorefield) December 21, 2020