The CDC plans to publish the findings of the Great Clips exposure in Springfield as part of a study on the effectiveness of wearing face masks.
CoxHealth President and CEO Steve Edwards says what happened in Springfield shows that face masks can protect people from the coronavirus.
“Today in Atlanta, the CDC will announce what is likely the most compelling data in the nation and in the world about the merits of masking. The data is not from China or Northern Italy or New York. It is from Springfield, Missouri. The Great Clips exposure will now instruct the world how to more safely navigate through a pandemic.”
Two workers at the Great Clips on South Glenstone tested positive for COVID-19, exposing dozens of their clients to the virus.
But because both the workers and the clients were wearing masks, nobody else got sick.
