Masks don't work!
A newly-released study from the Centers for Disease Control shows to what extent mask-wearing impacted COVID-19 cases across the country for the better part of 2020.
The CDC study looks at mask mandates across the United States from March 1 - Dec. 31, 2020 where mask mandates applied to 2,313 of the country's 3,142 counties (73.6%)
The results show a 0.5% COVID-19 case decrease 20 days out from the mask implementations and up to a 1.8% decrease 100 days out.
As for preventing COVID-19 deaths, the study says deaths decreased by 0.7% in the first 20 days of mask mandates and grew to 1.9% after 100 days.
According to the CDC, these findings show, "daily case and death growth rates before implementation of mask mandates were not statistically different from the reference period."
Also examined by the CDC - reopening restaurants and what impact that had on COVID-19 cases. During the March 1 - Dec. 31 timeline, restaurants opened for on-site dining in 97.9% of U.S. counties.
The CDC says "changes in daily COVID-19 case and death growth rates were not statistically significant over a month after restrictions were lifted.
You can read the entire report below.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e3.htm