Decrease in Hospitalizations for COVID-19 after Mask Mandates in 1083 U.S. Counties

Withdrawal

The authors have withdrawn this manuscript because there are increased rates of SARS- CoV-2 cases in the areas that we originally analyzed in this study. New analyses in the context of the third surge in the United States are therefore needed and will be undertaken directly in conjunction with the creators of the publicly-available databases on cases, hospitalizations, testing rates. Etc. We will be performing this in conjunction with machine learning experts at UCSF. Therefore, the authors do not wish this work to be cited as reference for the project. We hope to have an updated analysis using data from the 2 ^nd and now 3 ^rd wave of SARS-CoV-2 in this country soon. If you have any questions, please contact the corresponding author.