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>> "Withdrawal The authors have withdrawn this manuscript because there are
>> increased rates of SARS- CoV-2 cases in the areas that we originally
>> analyzed in this study. New analyses in the context of the third surge
>> in the United States are therefore needed and will be undertaken
>> directly in conjunction with the creators of the publicly-available
>> databases on cases, hospitalizations, testing rates. Etc. We will be
>> performing this in conjunction with machine learning experts at UCSF.
>> Therefore, the authors do not wish this work to be cited as reference
>> for the project. We hope to have an updated analysis using data from the
>> 2nd and now 3rd wave of SARS-CoV-2 in this country soon. If you have any
>> questions, please contact the corresponding author."
>>
>> Oops...
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>> "The study, published on October 23 on the medical site medRxiv, had
>> alleged that hospitalizations for COVID-19 decreased in 1,083 US
>> counties after lawmakers passed mask mandates."
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>> This county had a mask mandate and closures prior to the statewide
>> mandate going into effect. Further county restriction were imposed on >> Cot 27.
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>> Next idea? fwiw, this is a bright blue county and people do wear masks,
>> distance, and so forth unlike some of the neighboring red counties. >
>Is it increasing as fast as non-mask counties?
I bet if they actually took mask use in isolation, detached from lock downs, closures and other virus fighting methods, the results would be less than convincing.