(AP) Face mask mandates adopted in some Oklahoma communities to reduce the spread of COVID-19 seem to be working, according to a newspaper report.
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The Salt Lake County Health Department says COVID-19 cases are trending down and it corresponds with a local mask mandate. They say more then 9 out of 10 people have been properly wearing a face covering in public.
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Tennessee counties that have implemented a mask mandate are more likely to see lower COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to a Vanderbilt study.
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Kansas counties that have mask mandates in place have seen a rapid drop in cases, while counties that only recommend their use have seen no decrease in cases, the state's
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Honest, good faith question here. Any study showing the benefits of mask wearing is based on purely anecdotal evidence. These aren't clinically controlled, double blind studies proving the effectiveness of mask wearing. As far as I know, those studies have never been performed (it's impossible, since the test subjects would obviously know whether they are wearing a mask or not).
So, why is it that mask wearing is widely accepted by medical experts as effective, but hydroxychloroquine isn't, when there is massive anecdotal evidence that it works when given early on in an infection at the right dosage?
Couple studies showing effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine:
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been largely used and investigated as therapy for COVID-19 across various settings at a total dose usually ranging from 2…
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Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was proposed as potential treatment for COVID-19.We set-up a multicenter Italian collaboration to investigate the relationshi…
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