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Studies have found mandates encourage mask use and slow COVID spread. But politics and lawsuits make them unattractive to policymakers.
A recent study found that nearly 1,900 Missourians who died of COVID-19 would have survived 2020 with a statewide mask mandate. But mask requirements have become a political touchstone in Missouri and around the country, with clear partisan dividing lines.
Studies have repeatedly found mandates encourage mask use and slow COVID spread. Politics and lawsuits make them unattractive to policymakers
Studies have repeatedly found mandates encourage mask use and slow COVID spread. Politics and lawsuits make them unattractive to policymakers
Masks have been mandated in almost every country in the world at some point in the pandemic, including Britain, but the jury's still out on their efficacy.