Masks work. Yes, in schools too.Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior Services conducted a study in November that showed that areas of the state with mask mandates had lower rates of COVID-19 infection and death than those without–but Gov. Mike Parson (R) never released the department’s findings to the public.
It was Parson’s office that commissioned the study in the first place.
Like many other Republican governors, Parson has attacked local mask mandates despite their (proven) effectiveness against the coronavirus.
Additionally, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (R), who’s suing counties that have mask mandates, is still pushing through with his war on the mandates even in the face of the study. His spokesperson told Missouri Independent that “[w]e dispute this premise” of the analysis.
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