Pediatric covid-19 cases rose faster in counties without school mask requirements, CDC says

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Masks work

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday offered more evidence that school mask requirements can help keep children healthy and in classrooms, showing lower spikes in pediatric coronavirus cases and fewer school outbreaks in places that require them.

In an analysis of 520 U.S. counties, the CDC found that pediatric cases rose more sharply in places without school mask requirements. And in a separate report that looked at Arizona’s two most populous counties, the agency found that schools without mask requirements were 3.5 times as likely to experience an outbreak than schools with them.

Though polls show that a majority of parents support mask requirements — and despite recommendations from pediatricians and the CDC — schools remain bitterly divided over whether to implement them. Opponents of mask mandates say parents should get to decide whether their children wear them.,,,

The CDC looked at pediatric case data for about 17 percent of U.S. counties and found that, on average, pediatric cases rose after schools reopened. But counties without mask requirements saw larger increases — about 18 cases per 100,000 more — than those with them. Among the counties the CDC studied, a majority — about 62 percent — did not have school mask mandates.

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1. Wow, who would have guessed that people without umbrellas would get wetter in the rain than people w

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2. file that under NO FUCKING SHIT

jeeeeeez

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3. In the "no fucking duh" category

NT

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4. I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked!

… That public health measures actually work.

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5. Schools across the U.S. that had mask requirements saw fewer outbreaks of coronavirus,

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