Gen Til wears a face mask while exercising at the Planet Granite climbing facility during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco, Thursday, March 4, 2021. The facility opened today to allow for 10 percent capacity. (AP Photo / Jeff Chiu)
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The CDC admitted that facial masks do little to prevent the spread of COVID-19 amid increasing pressure to suspend masking mandates in the United States. In a new study, the CDC found that the masks had a negligible impact on the numbers 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 holiday 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 percent during two-month rollover periods each. The masks were 0.5 percent effective in the first 20 days of the mandate and less than 2 percent effective after 100 days.
A traveler wears a face mask while checking his phone at the Arrivals level outside Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) amid increased Covid-19 travel restrictions on January 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images)
The CDC added that it still recommends the use of face masks, although it admitted that such mandates make no statistical difference. In the meantime, some states across the country have slowly returned to normal, ending mask mandates.
NEW CDC REPORT: Mask requires reduction of COVID cases by about 1.5% over a two-month period pic.twitter.com/wcoKXlJkDN
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