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Mask mandate and use efficacy in state-level COVID-19 containment

Background Containment of the COVID-19 pandemic requires evidence-based strategies to reduce transmission. Because COVID-19 can spread via respired droplets, many states have mandated mask use in public settings. Randomized control trials have not clearly demonstrated mask efficacy against respiratory viruses, and observational studies conflict on whether mask use predicts lower infection rates. We hypothesized that statewide mask mandates and mask use are associated with lower COVID-19 case growth rates in the United States.Methods We calculated total COVID-19 case growth and mask use for the continental United States with data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. We estimated post-mask mandate case growth in non-mandate states using median issuance dates of neighboring states with mandates.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.### Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.### Funding StatementStart-up funds from the University of Louisville College of Arts and Sciences supported this project. No external funding supported this work.### Author DeclarationsI confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained.YesThe details of the IRB/oversight body that provided approval or exemption for the research described are given below:No IRB approval was sought because the research did not concern human subjects or identifiable patient data. All source data were publicly available from either the CDC or the IHME.All necessary patient/participant consent has been obtained and the appropriate institutional forms have been archived.YesI understand that all clinical trials and any other prospective interventional studies must be registered with an ICMJE-approved registry, such as ClinicalTrials.gov. I confirm that any such study reported in the manuscript has been registered and the trial registration ID is provided (note: if posting a prospective study registered retrospectively, please provide a statement in the trial ID field explaining why the study was not registered in advance).YesI have followed all appropriate research reporting guidelines and uploaded the relevant EQUATOR Network research reporting checklist(s) and other pertinent material as supplementary files, if applicable.YesAll numeric data is is contained within the manuscript as supplemental Excel tables. Raw data are available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (link: <https://data.cdc.gov/Case-Surveillance/United-States-COVID-19-Cases-and-Deaths-by-State-o/9mfq-cb36>) or the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (link: <https://covid19.healthdata.org/>). GraphPad Prism files are available upon request.<https://data.cdc.gov/Case-Surveillance/United-States-COVID-19-Cases-and-Deaths-by-State-o/9mfq-cb36> <https://covid19.healthdata.org/>

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.18.21257385v1

Interesting scientific article about mask efficacy. 

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I think I really pissed of an acquaintance at MIT with these assertions:

 

•          I hypothesize the shots were created to deliberately infect people and infect others in turn. 

 

•          I hypothesize an explosion of cancers and autoimmune are on the horizon—and more... 

 

•          I hypothesize the shots were never intended to help—they were always intended to hurt.

 

•          I hypothesize the spike protein never existed outside a lab until now—when people were given the shots and genetically modified to produce it.

 

•          I believe it would be easy to prove this in a lab. 

 

•          I also believe this will never be done.  “

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