Ohio #COVID19 dashboards for Sep 15

Active Cases: 16,439
Tests: 36,157
Cases: 1,001
Cases per 100 Tests: 2.8
Hospitalizations: 103
Hospitalizations per 100 Cases: 10.3
Deaths: 87 Testing Info for Sep 15
Tests: 36,157
7d vs prior 7d: +16.6% (29,924 vs 25,656)
7d vs 28d: +6.2% (29,924 vs 28,178)

Mask wearing - is it effective?
I see the anti-mask crowd has latched onto a few studies to support the "masks don't help" train of thought.

As a data scientist however, I caution that none of these studies reached that conclusion and in most cases imply the exact opposite 1/14 First: "25903751"
This study randomized which wing of a hospital used medical masks (presuming N95 type) and which used cloth masks.
Relative Risk (of contracing influenza w/in 4 weeks):
•cloth mask: 13%
•medical mask: 6.64%
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25903751/