Did the CDC's revised masking guidelines in May cause the current spike in covid-19 cases? 📊 July 18, 2021

Blaming government decision-makers is easy, but actually changing individuals' behavior is hard — and predicting covid spikes even harder

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On Saturday, Leana Wen, a visiting Professor at the George Washington S…