Posted on Oct 29, 2020
Areas With Mask Mandates Have Lower Covid-19 Hospitalization Rate, Study Finds
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"Covid-19 hospitalizations in Tennessee have risen at a far lower rate in areas that have mask-wearing mandates than those that don’t, a new analysis from Vanderbilt University researchers found, reinforcing evidence showing that face masks play a significant role in slowing coronavirus transmission."
Areas With Mask Mandates Have Lower Covid-19 Hospitalization Rate, Study Finds
Posted from forbes.com
Coronavirus COVID19
Vanderbilt University
Medical
Posted 4 y ago
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I am going to assume the rate is based on general population instead of rate based on infected people. It does not specify so I will go on my assumption.
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I don't know how much faith I would put into this study. I llive/work in Hamblen County and we are considered the "hot spot" of the State. We have also had a "mask mandate" in place since at least August. The local hospital is at capacity for ICU, the ER is housing patients that can't get in-patient beds, and many with milder symptoms are simply discharged. I don't doubt wearing a mask, social distancing, and limiting your exposure can all help to slow the spread but it's going to take something more that this to stop it completely.
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Maj John Bell
100% Capacity for ICU sounds bad. But it is a business decision that is made when we are not in a pandemic. The cost of equipping and maintaining hospital beds and the staff to man them is not cheap. Most hospitals try to have enough hospital beds and ICU beds such that they are at 85% during normal operations. As an example Coeur dElene [roughly the same population base as Hamblen County] has 36 ICU BEDS between 2 hospitals. That means at any given time there are only 5-6 ICU beds for surge operations like a pandemic.
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