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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4633684" data-attributes="member: 63706">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wisn.com/amp/article/coronvirus-evers-extends-state-wisconsin-face-mask-mandate-into-november/34110103[/URL]If anecdotal evidence is good enough for you, Wisconsin has had a mask mandate in effect, and has chosen to extend it because of a sharp increase in cases. If mask mandates mean fewer new cases, or even a slow down of the growth in new cases, then Wisconsin is inexplicable. But, if other factors are at work, then perhaps Wisconsin can be explained after all. Oregon has had state wide mask mandates since July, and many counties have had mask mandates since May. The numbers of cases don&#039;t seem to have any correlation to mask mandates there. I&#039;m sure I can find more examples of these conditions, but I think I made my point. If you ignore the data that doesn&#039;t support your views, you can justify anything you want.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4633684, member: 63706"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wisn.com/amp/article/coronvirus-evers-extends-state-wisconsin-face-mask-mandate-into-november/34110103[/URL] If anecdotal evidence is good enough for you, Wisconsin has had a mask mandate in effect, and has chosen to extend it because of a sharp increase in cases. If mask mandates mean fewer new cases, or even a slow down of the growth in new cases, then Wisconsin is inexplicable. But, if other factors are at work, then perhaps Wisconsin can be explained after all. Oregon has had state wide mask mandates since July, and many counties have had mask mandates since May. The numbers of cases don't seem to have any correlation to mask mandates there. I'm sure I can find more examples of these conditions, but I think I made my point. If you ignore the data that doesn't support your views, you can justify anything you want. [/QUOTE]

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