These states are dropping COVID-19 mask mandates but still urge people to wear them – which message will the public follow?

By Murray J. Côté, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
Tiffany A. Radcliff, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
Walter Thomas Casey II, Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University-Texarkana

The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and earlier attempts to rely on personal responsibility, like wearing seat belts, showed that mandates make a difference.

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