Quote Originally Posted by Rogar View Post
From our local news.

Larimer County adopted a mask order when its hospitals got overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases along with a surge on other medical needs. It’s had an impact, Jefferson County public health director Dawn Comstock told Jeffco’s board.
“Hospital admissions are now down approximately 33 percent since the beginning of the mask mandate in Larimer County,” she said.
“Public health orders in Boulder and Larimer counties have led to increased mask-wearing and kept hospitalizations lower,” said Lexi Nolen, Boulder County Public Health's deputy director. “We see that our towns on county borders are experiencing higher case rates.”
I very much doubt that one county’s mandate keeps that county safe while neighboring unmasked counties spread the disease at a very high level.

Masks provide some mitigation of spread. People on either side of the mask mandate argument are fooling themselves that either is correct.