vanderbilt university ahs been looking at covid hospitalization rates in counties with and without mask mandates
no surprise mask mandate countries have lower rates.
counties where 75% of the patients come from mask mandate exists had about the same hospitalization rate as in july
counties where less than 25% came from mandate counties has twice the rate as in july
Doesn’t work…it helps reduce.
As for Washington Compost 
Texas has a mask mandate.
Wisconsin has a mask mandate.
California has a mask mandate.
Illinois has a mask mandate.
That’s what we have been says no all along. Masks make a difference but are not a panacea.
Do you say seat belts don’t work because people still die with seatbelts on?
They are just reporting on a Vanderbilt study. Regardless, the Post’s record of accuracy is orders of magnitude better than yours.
Are you attempting to say masks don’t help?
Is that what I said?
They’re not 100% effective and most places with a mandate are lucky to hit 50% participation so why bother.
I’m asking what your point is.
The discussion is not masks, it’s mask mandates.
That’s not what you asked. You started building a narrative - on shifting sand.
The discussion is not the efficacy of masks, it is the efficacy of mandates.
Ok. Are you cherry picking data instead of making apt comparisons?
Cherry picking data? I took them from the spike. New cases. Top 5 yesterday. Florida is not on there because they don’t have a state-wide mandate. They use city-wide.
Comparison to what?
Is that sarcasm or are you serious?
So mask mandates work, great news 
mask wearing trick-or-treaters are 99.98% more likely to get candy
What are you comparing those states to?
#6 Michigan has a mask mandate
#7 Missouri does not
#8 Ohio has a mask mandate
#9 Pennsylvania has a mask mandate
#10 Minnesota has a mask mandate
How in the hell does Vanderbilt get that mandates make a difference? Ray Charles can see that’s not true.
The spike list.
I can’t even tell anymore.
