Do Masks Work? What the Data Shows
The Daily Signal Podcast
The Daily Signal
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🗓️ 13 January 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Do masks really work? Can they help contain the spread of COVID-19?
Why does some data show that mask mandates in the U.S. and other countries did not prevent surges in COVID-19 cases?
Doug Badger, a visiting fellow in domestic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation, and Norbert Michel, director of Heritage’s Center for Data Analysis, join "The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss these questions and more.
We also cover these stories:
- The Trump administration announces broad changes to the plan to distribute approved COVID-19 vaccines.
- President Donald Trump stands by remarks he made at a rally before a mob breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, calling his comments "totally appropriate.”
- Trump speaks out against big social media companies after Twitter permanently bans him from its site and Facebook announces that his account is suspended at least through Inauguration Day.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, January 13th. I'm Virginia Allen. |
| 0:10.4 | And I'm Riesa Del Judas. Do masks really work? That is the question |
| 0:15.8 | countless people across the country are asking as the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 0:20.3 | continues on. who authored a Heritage Foundation report called |
| 0:32.8 | Mask Mandates, Do They Work? |
| 0:34.9 | Are there better ways to control COVID-19 outbreaks? |
| 0:38.1 | Join me today on the Daily Signal Podcast to discuss. |
| 0:41.3 | And don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five-star |
| 0:47.0 | rating on Apple Podcast and encourage others to subscribe. Now, on to our top news. |
| 0:53.0 | On to our top news. |
| 0:55.0 | On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced that they are making broad changes to the COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan. |
| 1:10.0 | Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, said during an interview with Good Morning America that |
| 1:15.8 | the administration had been holding back about half of the coronavirus vaccine stock |
| 1:21.9 | to ensure that there was enough doses to inoculate those at |
| 1:25.4 | greatest risk. But now they are making the full vaccine supply available among |
| 1:30.9 | other distribution changes. |
| 1:33.0 | We have seen now that the administration in the states has been too narrowly focused. |
| 1:38.5 | And so what are we doing? Three things. First, we have already made available every dose of vaccine. |
| 1:44.5 | So we had been holding back second doses as a safety stock. |
| 1:48.1 | We now believe that our manufacturing is predictable enough |
| 1:50.8 | that we can ensure second doses are available for people from |
| 1:53.6 | ongoing production. So everything is now available to our states and our health |
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