"School districts that required masks this fall saw significantly fewer coronavirus cases than those where masks were optional, according to a large study of Arkansas schools by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC looked at 233 school districts and found those with mask requirements saw a 23 percent lower incidence of coronavirus cases. Rates in districts with partial requirements — for instance, places that required them in hallways but not classrooms — were in between.
“Masks remain an important part of a multicomponent approach to preventing Covid-19 in K-12 settings, especially in communities with high Covid-19 community levels,” concluded the study, which published Tuesday."
CDC study referenced -> https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7110e1.htm?s_cid=mm7110e1_w
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| Many school districts across the country are dropping mask requirements in classrooms. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post) |
Thanks for your sarcastic headline which shows more opinion than journalism. There are a lot of unanswered questions with this article. What is the real data? Because if there are 4 students in one school, and 3 students in another, that is a 25% difference even though one case proves nothing. It also doesn't take into account the number of siblings at each school - so the spread could be happening at home or in extra-curricular activities and not through school.
ReplyDelete"sarcastic" was the intention getting point of the headline. I don't use it too often, it would blunt effectiveness of the occasional use I do make of it. Thanks for noticing the sarcasm!
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