Scott Faces Backlash After Saying Other States’ COVID Masking Orders ‘Haven’t Worked’ – VTDigger

Read article - Quotes Anne Hoen, associate professor of epidemiology, and Anne Sosin ’02, a policy fellow at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, in an article about the backlash faced by Vermont Governor Phil Scott following his statement about the effectiveness of mask mandates in other states. “For someone who has promoted his policy as being grounded in science and data, it is so disappointing to hear him make the conclusion that mask mandates are not effective, a statement that has no scientific basis,” said Hoen.