Early in July the Kansas governor signed an order to make masks mandatory throughout the state indoor businesses. But the republican legislature had taken action to strip her of the powers she needed to make such emergency orders.
As a result the mask order was not heeded in most counties. Some did. Yesterday the head of the kansas health department presented data showing the outcomes in counties that did implement a mask order vs those that did not. Take a look...
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the blue line represents the case counts of (7 day MA) of counties that ignored the mask mandate. The yellow line shows the count for counties that implemented the mask mandate. The count is normalized for population.
As you can see, counties with mandatory masks are beating the virus.
Masks work. Spread the word. Not the virus.
Wear one. Encourage others to wear one. Save lives.