President Joe Biden wasn't too happy when Texas and Mississippi decided to reopen their economies and liberate their people from statewide mask mandates, calling it "Neanderthal thinking."
Wait a minute, who's following the science here, and who isn't? While Biden is clearly in love with the idea of the government forcing Americans to wear masks and keeping heavy restrictions on businesses, the science is piling up showing that these measures are not very effective, if they are at all.
One is a Danish review that compared a control group that followed social distancing guidelines but didn't wear masks, while another group wore high-quality surgical masks.
Then there's the fact, as we noted in this space back in November, that states experiencing the biggest spikes in COVID cases last fall already had statewide mask mandates in place.
The Heritage Foundation drilled down the county level and found that "97 of the 100 counties with the most confirmed cases had either a county-level mask mandate, a state-level mandate, or both."
It would seem to us that Texas and Mississippi have a reasonable, scientifically sound case for lifting their mask mandates, without having to worry that it will lead to a spike in COVID cases.
Unlike much of the rest of the country, South Dakota's new COVID cases peaked in November and have been declining ever since.
https://issuesinsights.com/2021/03/05/neanderthal-governors-not-biden-are-following-the-science/
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