There was a huge drop in influenza infections, and I suspect RSV as well given the recent resurgence now that most people have largely gone back to normal and kids are back in the classroom. Now, separating the effects of social distancing versus masks can be difficult, but since both are spread by respiratory droplets I'd imagine masks were a large part of it.
StillKpaidy t1_j2c8nwi wrote
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There was a huge drop in influenza infections, and I suspect RSV as well given the recent resurgence now that most people have largely gone back to normal and kids are back in the classroom. Now, separating the effects of social distancing versus masks can be difficult, but since both are spread by respiratory droplets I'd imagine masks were a large part of it.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/past-seasons.html
Note in the link above that for 2020-2021 they can't even give you an estimate because numbers were so low.