Mask Mandates in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic

[1Matthew]

Mask Mandates in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic

It is without a doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic was one of the worst things to happen in recent United States history. First, let's look at some of the facts and statistics regarding the 2020 Covid pandemic. According to the CDC, in the United States alone there have been more than 100 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, this doesn’t include the unconfirmed cases, because many people refused to get tested. There were more than 1 million confirmed deaths due to COVID-19 also according to the CDC. This shows that the COVID pandemic could’ve been handled way better than it was. 

But who is really at fault for the mass breakout of COVID in the United States and what did our elected officials do to prevent the spread? The CDC were the ones to recommend guidelines and mandates for COVID, however governors, mayors, and public health officials were the ones that made them mandatory. Dr. Anthony Fauci, as part of the white house coronavirus task force, advocated for mask use as a critical public health measure. However many Americans were outraged to find out there were mask mandates set in place, and they questioned Dr. Fauci’s authority and reliability. One of the biggest arguments against the mask mandates was that some people struggled to breathe with masks on and stated that masks didn’t even work. This however was proven to be false, studies by John Hopkins University showed that the use of masks in public spaces and poorly ventilated space, helped to prevent the spread.

 

Question: If you had the power to make any law to help stop the spread of COVID, what would you put in place?

 

Question: Do you believe that masks were a key source to preventing the spread of COVID-19?

 

Question: Was Dr. Fauci right for setting mask mandates?

Sources

-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9114791/ 

-https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01072 

-https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-face-masks-what-you-need-to-know 

[6Cole]

I don't think that masks actually work becuase they are used to stop your own personal germs from getting on other people and if you are in public with covid then you were supposed to be at home. Also Dr. Fauci was proven that he was wrong with a lot of what he was doing so I think that the mask mandates were a bad idea. 

[6AJ]

People still died and those people were wearing mask and look a lot of them died. so i don't think that the mask did anything 

[6AJ]

I don't really think that mask did much for covid at all. People still got it if they were or weren't wearing a mask.

[1Jacob]

I would of made people get the vacine, I feel if everyone got the vacine it would be perfectly fine and we wouldn't of needed to wear masks. I think they were a good sorce to stop the spread of covid 19 virus. I feel that people should of wore then unless they had the vaccine

[6Julia]

I think masks were very important to wear and that Dr. Fauci was right to set the mask mandate because if he hadn't done that maybe those deaths would have been doubled. Masks helped a lot of people not get contaminated by the virus and it helped the spreading of the virus.

[1-2Charlotte]

I believe that masks did have some effect on the spread of COVID-19. I think it helped stop the spread of the virus and maybe even helped to stop deaths of people even though they were hard to breathe in. Dr. Fauci did the right thing setting mask mandates because even though people got outraged, it saved lives and helped slow down the spread of this deadly virus. 

[1Matthew]

I also beive that masks did help stop the spread of COVID-19, and that they did help save lives and keep people safe. 

[6elana]

I think mask are a huge step in preventing spread of covid. Coming from a CNA who has worked with covid-positive people they are literally life savers. I feel that Dr. Facui was doing the right and safe thing by setting a mandate for masks. Better safe than sorry.

[1Matthew]

Yes, I agree masks were a key step in stopping the spread of COVID-19. I also agree with Dr. Fauci in that masks were the right thing to do, to stop the spread. 

[6Dalton]

Do you believe that masks were a key source to preventing the spread of COVID-19? I do think masks helped some but I think that it just made people more angary and half of the people didn't even wear their masks. Was Dr. Fauci right for setting mask mandates? I think it was the right thing to make people wear masks, and also I do think that it did help to stop spreading the virus.