This title is a bit sensationalist. According to the article itself, the difference between masked and unmasked confirmed contagion is 5.9 cases per 100,000 population.
The death rate for confirmed contagion by COVID is 1.6 % in the USA. So, imposing mask mandates in Missouri would result in 0.096 fewer deaths per 100,000 people, or, in all Missouri with a population of 6,137,428, enforcing mask mandates, would have saved 6 (six, single-digit) people.
Is it reasonable, to impose a mandate such as this that negatively alters people daily life to this extent, in order prevent 6 people in the all-state from dying?
The death rate for confirmed contagion by COVID is 1.6 % in the USA. So, imposing mask mandates in Missouri would result in 0.096 fewer deaths per 100,000 people, or, in all Missouri with a population of 6,137,428, enforcing mask mandates, would have saved 6 (six, single-digit) people.
Is it reasonable, to impose a mandate such as this that negatively alters people daily life to this extent, in order prevent 6 people in the all-state from dying?
EDIT: Grammar