Study on Mask Mandates Will Have the Hysterics SeethingBy Bonchie
Jun 06, 2022
The National Pulse is reporting on a new study out of Kansas that completely contradicts the conventional wisdom regarding mask mandates and COVID-19.
According to the study, fatalities were actually ~50 percent higher in places with mandates vs. those without mandates, and there are a few reasons to suspect why that might be.
The observational study – “The Foegen Effect: A Mechanism by Which Facemasks Contribute to the COVID-19 Case Fatality Rate” – was published in Medicine in February 2022, authored by German doctor Zacharias Fögen.
The paper analyzed “whether mandatory mask use influenced the case fatality rate in Kansas” during the time period of August 1st, 2020 to October 15th. Kansas was used for comparison because the state allowed each of its 105 counties to decide whether or not to implement mask mandates, with 81 counties deciding against the measure.
“The most important finding from this study is that contrary to the accepted thought that fewer people are dying because infection rates are reduced by masks, this was not the case,” summarized the paper.
“Results from this study strongly suggest that mask mandates actually caused about 1.5 times the number of deaths or ∼50% more deaths compared to no mask mandates.”
I’ve written extensively (see here, here, and here) on the lack of efficacy of masks, specifically regarding mandates, noting that time and again, real-world data has shown no correlation between mandates and infection rates. When you compare countries that strictly enforced such mandates and then looked at those that didn’t, it was clear the masking was simply not working. The same goes when you compare US states or even US counties. And while some of that could be blamed on non-compliance, the lack of any real statistical difference says it all.
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Source:
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/06/06/study-on-mask-mandates-will-have-the-hysterics-seething-n575377
