They discuss conjectures about why lifting the mandate did not result in the catastrophe that the mask manic predicted. My speculation is that no one changed their behavior, which is to say, the mandate didn’t result in the mass masking everyone pretended would happen based on government edict. The 2nd reason is that, excepting N95/KN95 masks, the aerosol spread of COVID isn’t hindered by masks.
See/listen here for more on that: https://peterattiamd.com/covid-part2/
From the Atlantic:
“In early march, Texas became the first state to abolish its mask mandate and lift capacity constraints for all businesses. Conservatives hailed Governor Greg Abbott’s decision, while liberals predicted doom and death and President Joe Biden disparaged it as “Neanderthal thinking.”
“Nine weeks later, the result seems to be less than catastrophic. In fact, in anew paper, economists at Bentley University and San Diego State University found that Abbott’s order had practically no effect on COVID-19 cases. “The predictions of reopening advocates and opponents failed to materialize,” the authors concluded.”
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