A Nationwide Mask Mandate Could Add $1 Trillion To The US GDP, According To UCLA Analysis - Deadline
Implementation of a nationwide mask mandate, combined with complementary public health measures, could reduce the coronavirus’ spread to essentially zero and have a potential $1 trillion impact on the U.S.Even then, according to the researchers, scientists fighting the plague recognized that the cloth mask was “the principal means of personal protection.”.
“By the end of June 2020, nearly 90% of the global population lived in regions that had nearly universal mask use, or had laws requiring mask use in some public locations, and community mask use was recommended by nearly all major public health bodies,” Howard said-the use of masks was strongly protective, with a risk reduction of 70% for those that always wore a mask when going out;states with mask mandates and those without found that the daily growth rate was 2 percentage points lower in states with mask mandates, estimating that the mandates had prevented 230,000 to 450,000 COVID-19 cases by last May 22;
GDP of $1 trillion if a nationwide mask mandate were implemented; and