Gen Til wears a protective face mask while exercising at the Planet Granite Climbing Gymnasium during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco, Thursday, March 4, 2021. The gym was opened today to enable ten percent capacity. (AP Photo / Jeff Chiu)
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UPDATE 16:45 PT – Sunday 7 March 2021
The CDC has recognized that face masks do not prevent the spread of COVID-19 amid increasing pressure to lift mask mandates across the US. of error.
Trader Jesus Barajas (C) is wearing a face mask while showing off long stem roses for sale ahead of 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 face mask orders between March and December 2020 reduced infection rates by 1.5 percent over the two-month periods. 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 their phone at the arrival level outside the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) amid increased travel restrictions on Covid-19 on January 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images)
The CDC added that it still recommends wearing face masks, although it acknowledges that such mandates make no statistical difference. In the meantime, some states across the country have slowly returned to normal by ending the masking mandates.
NEW CDC REPORT: Mask reduces COVID cases by approximately 1.5% over a two month period pic.twitter.com/wcoKXlJkDN
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