re: 'If you don't like the mask mandate,' John Bel Edwards says, 'wear it anyway.'

This is political cover. If republicans don’t mandate it then the media/dems will relentlessly criticize them for not doing it. The democrats are doing it to support the narrative. So if we don’t mandate them then it will be the reason for any failure or illness. If we do wear them it creates negative optics that continue to support fear in society.

It will not practically work as we will not be able to get people to wear them correctly and use effective hygiene. The CDC openly admits this. A healthcare setting is composed of people with above average intelligence, excessive training, and appropriate resources. So yes it theoretically could help, but it practically won’t help.