Jon Sanders

Regardless of how desirable a policymaker may view a particular action, a mathematical model's "theoretical results" with so much admitted "uncertainty" surrounding them that they should be "interpreted with caution" can never be sufficient for extreme emergency orders.

Regardless of whether the themes of 30 phone conversations in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, are forcibly applicable to the entire state of North Carolina, nothing in this study pertains to extreme emergency orders.

This study specifically cautions against some aspects of mask-wearing inherent in the extents of Cooper's orders.

Scientific controversy surrounds one study. A letter signed by 45 epidemiologists carried a formal request for retraction of the paper. They cited numerous methodological errors and "verifiably false" statements.

If anything, this study counsels against state mask mandates as unnecessary and indeed redundant. Rader et al. find "no significant change in mask uptake" from mask mandates. They recommend policymakers instead consider "innovative strategies for evaluating and increasing mask usage" voluntarily.

This study specifically cautions against some aspects of mask-wearing inherent in the extents of Cooper’s order.

This study put forward by the Cooper administration warns that shutting down the economy bodes "catastrophic consequences … which ultimately will lead to more suffering, poverty, and death than the virus itself, especially for the working poor."

This study outright states that "The evidence is not sufficiently strong to support widespread use of facemasks as a protective measure against COVID-19."