Estimated public health impact of concurrent mask mandate and vaccinate-or-test requirement in Illinois, October to December 2021

• Main Authors: François M. Castonguay (Author), Arti Barnes (Author), Seonghye Jeon (Author), Jane Fornoff (Author), Bishwa B. Adhikari (Author), Leah S. Fischer (Author), Bradford Greening (Author), Adebola O. Hassan (Author), Emily B. Kahn (Author), Gloria J. Kang (Author), Judy Kauerauf (Author), Sarah Patrick (Author), Sameer Vohra (Author), Martin I. Meltzer (Author)
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• Published: BMC, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Facing a surge of COVID-19 cases in late August 2021, the U.S. state of Illinois re-enacted its COVID-19 mask mandate for the general public and issued a requirement for workers in certain professions to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing. The mask mandate r...