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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVanderbilt: New analysis shows areas with masking requirements also have slower growth in COVID-19 h
https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/vanderbilt-new-analysis-shows-areas-with-masking-requirements-also-have-slower-growth-in-covid-19-hospitalizations/51-e4545550-a417-4e6e-8249-0a76405e03fdResearchers noted that masks may not be the sole reason as other measures are usually in place, but the relationship is still clear.
Author: WBIR Staff
Published: 2:43 PM CDT August 10, 2020
Updated: 2:44 PM CDT August 10, 2020
TENNESSEE, USA In a new analysis, researchers from the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have found a relationship between the growth of COVID-19 hospitalizations and masking requirements put in place across the state.
Hospitals that have more than 75% of their patients from areas without masking requirements in place have seen a relatively faster increase in patients with COVID-19 than hospitals with higher percentages of patients from areas with masking requirements in place, according to a release from Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
More at link.
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)Masks have been worn to prevent infections during surgery. I'll guess around a hundred years.
It's obvious masks stop the spread of infection.
It's nice though, that provided the numbers to confirm.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)It is stating the obvious, common sense approach, but for some folks they need proof.
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(53,862 posts)Beakybird
(3,333 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)Not.
Rachel Maddow did a segment recently about Kansas and masks. Apparently the Governor there tried to mandate them, but a bunch of counties somehow defied her and opted out. The segment showed a chart that clearly delineates the difference between wearing and not wearing masks.
Here's the piece that was on a Kansas (probably Topeka) TV station.
https://www.wibw.com/2020/08/06/dr-lee-norman-shows-graph-of-cases-per-capita-for-mask-mandated-and-non-mandated-counties/
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Cpmmon sense confirmed by science. 👍
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,857 posts)... but I guess it's nice to see other evidence as well.
I'm not seeing reports of people from Tokyo dying from inhaling their own exhalations either!
Edit: The spell corrections from this iPhone are ridiculous sometimes. Lol! My big fingers aren't helpful on this tiny little "keyboard" either.