text_1: There’s a “direct correlation” between North Carolina’s mask requirement and COVID-19 stabilization.
text_2: Mandy Cohen, Secretary of North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services, says there’s a “direct correlation” between NC’s mask law and COVID-19 stabilization in late July. North Carolina's stats show that the number of new coronavirus cases started to dip about three weeks after the mask mandate. It's fair to say there's a correlation, experts told us. But there's not enough evidence to say the two are linked.