Goldman Sachs economist just said the most obvious thing ever about face masks

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  • Goldman Sachs' chief economist has said that a national face mask mandate could not only benefit public health, it could even go so far as to save the economy.
  • He made the claim in a note to clients Monday, arguing for a national requirement that everyone wear face masks in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
  • This comes as President Trump has voiced skepticism about face masks, while former Vice President Joe Biden has said he would sign an order requiring them.

With health experts now issuing dire warnings about the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic over the coming weeks and months, economists are now weighing in with recommendations for what they think ordinary people can do to bend upward slope of cases in the US. Are you ready for this? It's a really simple recommendation, and most of you are probably already doing this anyway -- it's just the holdouts amongst you who are presenting such a worrisome exception right now:

Wear. Your. Face. Mask.

“We find that face masks are associated with significantly better coronavirus outcomes,” Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius wrote in a note to clients Monday. “Our baseline estimate is that a national mandate could raise the percentage of people who wear masks by 15 (percentage points) and cut the daily growth rate of confirmed cases by 1.0 (percentage point) to 0.6%.

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