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Apple Reinstating Employee Mask Mandate at Approximately 100 U.S. Retail Stores

6 points by txsoftwaredev 4y ago

unknownaccount 4y ago
As an employee working with the public who’s not vaxxed I’m gonna wear the mask for the next 1-2 years minimum.
- txsoftwaredev 4y ago
  Curious what data have you seen that shows that masks have decreased Covid transmission? When you compare states with and without mask mandates it shows it's made little to no difference.
  - skygazer 4y ago
    I didn't know whether studies had shown them effective or not, so I quickly googled "do mask mandates work study" and pursued the first handful of results. https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=do+mask+mandates+work+study https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=do+mask... The first result (for me) https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0252315 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... -- an observational study from June'21, shows what appears to be a 14% reduction in transmission, a 13% reduction in deaths, and a 7% reduction in hospitalization. The second result https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014564118 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014564118 -- seems to be an epidemiological meta analysis from Jan'21. It cites a 70% reduction in infection for those that always wore surgical masks. The third: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/masking-science-sars-cov2.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-br... -- seems to be a CDC review of 18 studies that seem to support efficacy, with a table concisely summarizing each studies results. Fourth: https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01072 https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01072 -- this one from Feb'22 compares 414 US counties both with and without mask mandates. Oddly, showed that the benefits were greatest to Republican counties that imposed mandates, where a 25% reduction was found in masked over similar unmasked counties. Fifth: https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00818 https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00818 -- this is an older one from June 2020 and compares states with and without mandates, and shows lower daily infections in states with mandates. Sixth: https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-masks-covid-19.html https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-mask...

unknownaccount 4y ago

As an employee working with the public who’s not vaxxed I’m gonna wear the mask for the next 1-2 years minimum.

txsoftwaredev 4y ago
Curious what data have you seen that shows that masks have decreased Covid transmission? When you compare states with and without mask mandates it shows it's made little to no difference.
- skygazer 4y ago
  I didn't know whether studies had shown them effective or not, so I quickly googled "do mask mandates work study" and pursued the first handful of results. https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=do+mask+mandates+work+study https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=do+mask... The first result (for me) https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0252315 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... -- an observational study from June'21, shows what appears to be a 14% reduction in transmission, a 13% reduction in deaths, and a 7% reduction in hospitalization. The second result https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014564118 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014564118 -- seems to be an epidemiological meta analysis from Jan'21. It cites a 70% reduction in infection for those that always wore surgical masks. The third: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/masking-science-sars-cov2.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-br... -- seems to be a CDC review of 18 studies that seem to support efficacy, with a table concisely summarizing each studies results. Fourth: https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01072 https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01072 -- this one from Feb'22 compares 414 US counties both with and without mask mandates. Oddly, showed that the benefits were greatest to Republican counties that imposed mandates, where a 25% reduction was found in masked over similar unmasked counties. Fifth: https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00818 https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00818 -- this is an older one from June 2020 and compares states with and without mandates, and shows lower daily infections in states with mandates. Sixth: https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-masks-covid-19.html https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-mask...