The problem espola and others have is this.
The efficacy of espola's mask does not depend on whether or not someone else is wearing a mask or not. If they work, then a lifting of a travel mask mandate makes little difference since those that want to wear a mask still can.
But as we look at infection rates between mandate states and non mandate states unfortunately we do not see any correlation between wearing masks and infection. If there were any studies showing masks were effective...we would KNOW about those now. And yet years into this we don't have those studies. Rather telling. But when you BELIEVE in something it takes on more of a religious feeling...facts be dammed.
And yet as we look at the data regarding infection rates in mandate vs non mandate states we see no real difference in infection rates.
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