According to research released by the CDC, mask mandates were associated with a 1.9% decrease in daily COVID-19 death growth rates 81–100 days after implementation.
Hhmmm. Read that sentence at least twice....
Ponder what 'death growth rates' really means. Especially since the CDC has also explained on their website that rates to begin with are already a rough estimate.
Then after you realize that 'death growth rates' means. Which is....
They've ALSO estimated possible future death rates, THEN compared those numbers with the other estimated number.
The CDC explains on their official website how they come up with their numbers and how it's impossible to be accurate....
Found here--
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm
After reading their detailed article about how they come up with any numbers I realized they appear to be JUST doing this for current weeks and for future time periods. Which they over- explain how those numbers CAN'T be expected to be accurate and can vary even depending on the source you ask.
The varied inaccurate numbers are almost entirely due to the fact that there hasn't been enough time gone by sometimes even for months, and extreme cases a year depending on the region.
So I wondered how much effort they have put into reporting to the public a comparison of the much more accurate numbers once enough time has gone by.
For example....
Comparing actual numbers of TOTAL death counts in a certain state for the month of February in the years 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.
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B.T.W. --
I suggest that you do your own research similar to this for yourself. You are likely to think I am lying otherwise. Plus you should never assume any article is accurate. Mistakes can be made as well as lies.
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My original motivation for writing this was to point out just how SILLY it is that they came up with such an exact sounding number like 1.9%. Not just exact sounding, but also SO SMALL!
Conclusion....
An estimated number of 1.9% less deaths MAY have occurred due to the mask mandates.
