with Brent D. GriffithsPublic health officials agree face masks provide one of the simplest and most effective strategies to curb newly surging coronavirus infections. Indeed, a national mandate requiring the face coverings would salvage roughly $1 trillion of economic activity, according to an analysis by Goldman Sachs economists. “Other teams of public health researchers have reached similar conclusions about the efficacy of masks,” Christopher Ingraham notes. “For example, only about 40% of respondents in Arizona say that they ‘always’ wear face masks in public, compared with nearly 80% in Massachusetts,” per the firm. “The last Republican vice president, Richard B. Cheney, and his Wyoming congresswoman daughter, Liz, say wearing masks is manly,” Philip Rucker and Seung Min Kim report.

Source: Washington Post July 01, 2020 11:48 UTC