Authors Retract Study Showing Efficacy of Mask Mandates—as Biden Pushes Nationwide Requirement

The study, published on October 23, had alleged that hospitalizations for COVID-19 decreased in 1,083 US counties after lawmakers passed mask mandates.

"The authors have withdrawn this manuscript because there are increased rates of SARS- CoV-2 cases in the areas that we originally analyzed in this study," the updated abstract reads.