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The Institute of Environmental and Human Health that houses Texas Tech s COVID-19 testing team will offer drive-up and walk-up COVID-19 testing at the City of Lubbock s Health Department, located at 806 18th St., according to a news release from Tech.
The testing is free of cost and will be offered from noon to 6 p.m. on Monday through Friday with no appointment needed, according to the release.
According to Steve Presley, director of TIEHH and chair of the Department of Environmental Toxicology, testing has been going on for about three weeks and will continue as long as they are receiving testing samples.
The flood of rainfall that s come as temperatures have warm up late this spring around Lubbock could mean a larger than typical mosquito population in the coming days
With Governor Greg Abbottâs removal of the mask mandate in early March, people are neither required nor penalizable for not wearing one in public. However, one recent research analysis made by Texas Tech researchers has shown how having a mask on can greatly reduce the chance of spreading the coronavirus to others.
On April 1, an article was published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health by Tech Professor Seshadri Ramkumar and his student assistant. The article mentioned two-thirds of the states in the nation have seen a reduction in the number of COVID-19 cases after three to four weeks with a mask mandate. Ramkumar, who is working in the Department of Environmental Toxicology, said this analysis was conducted in April 2020, a month after the pandemic was first announced in the U.S
Texas Tech analysis shows mask mandates reduced COVID-19 in roughly two-thirds of states
Special to the Avalanche-Journal
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended face masks to protect against COVID-19 practically since the pandemic began, and still the debate about their efficacy endures.
But a new analysis from Texas Tech University s Department of Environmental Toxicology suggests how much of a difference those face coverings have made.
Published on April 1 in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, the research analysis by doctoral student James Ayodeji and his adviser Seshadri Ramkumar, professor of chemical countermeasures and advanced materials, shows that roughly two-thirds of states saw a reduction in COVID-19 cases in the three to four weeks after enacting a mask mandate.