Missouri found mask mandates work, but didn’t make findings public

Re:Missouri found mask mandates work, but didn’t make findin... by gumby on Thursday December 02, 2021 @06:23AM (#29414819)

Note that this graph was created by the reporters and was not generated by the health department.

The labeling is weird. The reinstatement arrow should point SSW not NW. That says that during the surge, those counties* had a lower death rate.

Presumably the counties that ever had a mask mandate had higher compliance even during periods when the mandate was lifted, but the article doesn’t discuss any of that, and it’s only a presumption.

* I think the blue line should be labeled “death rate in the four counties”.

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Re:Missouri found mask mandates work, but didn’t make findin... by contravariant on Thursday December 02, 2021 @06:33AM (#29414885)

How does changing the arrow change the fact that they had significantly lower case rates at the end of June while the mask mandate came into effect on July 26?

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Re:Missouri found mask mandates work, but didn’t make findin... by throwawaylinux on Thursday December 02, 2021 @07:24AM (#29415227)

> The reinstatement arrow should point SSW not NW.

It points to the the point on the blue line at July 26. Why should it point SSW? Does SSW even intersect with the blue line at any point?

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