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2021-11-06 11:28:42 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

There is no data supporting the claim. If masks were that effective we would have stopped the pandemic long ago. The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Report said mask mandates adopted last year were linked to almost a 2% drop in new COVID cases within 100 days of adoption. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e3.htm?s_cid=mm7010e3_w

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• There is no data supporting the claim. If masks were that effective we would have stopped the pandemic long ago. The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Report said mask mandates adopted last year were linked to almost a 2% drop in new COVID cases within 100 days of adoption. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e3.htm?s_cid=mm7010e3_w