Gen Til wears a protective mask while training at the Planet Granite climbing hall during the San Francisco coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, March 4, 2021. The gym opened today to allow a ten percent capacity. (Photo by AP / Jeff Chiu)
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CDC admits facial masks do little to prevent the spread of COVID-19 amid mounting pressure to lift mask warrants in the US In a new study, the CDC found that facial masks had a negligible impact on the number of coronaviruses that did not exceed the statistical margins of error.
Merchant Jesus Barajas (C) wears a face mask while showing long-stemmed roses for sale before the Valentine’s Day festivities at the Southern California Flower Market on February 12, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images)
The study found that between March and December 2020, facial mask orders reduced infection rates by 1.5% during running periods of two months each. The masks were 0.5% effective in the first 20 days of the mandate and less than 2% effective after 100 days.
A traveler wears a face mask while checking his phone at arrivals outside the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), amid increased travel restrictions on Covid-19 on January 25, 2021 in Los Angeles. Angeles, California. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images)
The CDC added that it still recommends wearing face masks, although it acknowledged that such mandates make no statistical difference. Meanwhile, some states across the nation have slowly returned to normal, ending disguise warrants.
NEW CDC REPORT: The mask requires approximately 1.5% lower COVID cases over a two-month period pic.twitter.com/wcoKXlJkDN
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