“Part of what we see in this resurgence along the southern coast of the United States is a lack of masking and physical estrangement. We have observed, in genuine time, what happens when we forget or do not put these kinds of precautions into effect. “says Dr. Poland. “We also observed countries, in real time, that learned that they had a major challenge and forced themselves to dress in a public mask and very temporarily saw those repressed cases in manageable grades where we can just go back to work, we can just go back to school, we may do the things we have to do.”
Minnesota and Ohio have the last states to demand face mask in all businesses, outlets, and indoor public spaces where other people congregate. These mandates have proven to be effective in several studies, including, as Dr. Poland explains, one in the Journal of Health Affairs.
States that have given mandates have noticed a daily reduction of 2% in the number of cases that have occurred. Now that 2% probably wouldn’t seem huge, however, when you look at it as a whole, it means that the intervention alone counts about 20% in a small number of cases, and that’s probably a minimal estimate. “
Dr. Poland says that the installation, use of masks, physical remoteness and hand washing/disinfection create a “network of interventions” is very effective at preventing the spread of the virus.