Dining at restaurants and the lack of mask mandates are each linked to the spread of the virus in the U.S., the C.D.C. says.

NYT ^ | March 5, 2021 | Roni Caryn Rabin

[where's_the_Outrage?]

As officials in Texas and Mississippi lifted statewide mask mandates, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offered fresh evidence of the importance of mask use in a new study on Friday. Wearing masks, the study reported, was linked to fewer infections with the coronavirus and Covid-19 deaths in counties across the United States

The researchers also found that counties opening restaurants for on-premises dining — indoors or outdoors — saw a rise in daily infections about six weeks later, and an increase in Covid-19 death rates about two months later

The study does not prove cause and effect, but the findings square with other research showing that masks prevent infection and that indoor spaces foster the spread of the virus through aerosols, tiny respiratory particles that linger in the air.

[Texas resident]

Yes but that doesn’t apply to Antifa or BLM. They are immune I guess.

[Texas resident]

I can give them some data. Encouraging illegals from Central America to come here will increase the cases of many diseases. And since the cdc classifies every death as covid, here we go.

[Clemenza]

If you hate dining out at restaurants, then please stay home and don’t try and put people out of business through hysteria.

[week 71]

A great commentary IMHO. Go to youtube and look at ‘SafetyMask’ by the same people. Maybe even better. Cheers FRiend