How are mask mandates being described in the news? Using the new Global Relationship Graph's (GRG) Realtime Verb-Centered NGram Pilot announced yesterday, we need only a single SQL query to generate a glimpse at global reaction:
SELECT * FROM `gdelt-bq.gdeltv2.grg_vcn` WHERE (LOWER(pre) like '%mask%' OR LOWER(post) like '%mask%') and (LOWER(pre) like '%mandat%' OR LOWER(post) like '%mandat%' OR LOWER(verb) like '%mandat%') and DATE(date) = "2020-10-29" limit 10000
A sample of the results can be seen below, showing the breadth of information captured in the new GRG!
| Date | Pre | Verb | Post | URL | Title |
| 2020-10-29 15:49:00 UTC | to the event and face masks | were not mandated | https://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/news/2020/10/29/coronavirus-spreads-wisconsin-reservations-shawano-sheriff-ignores-mask-mandate/6054686002/ | Coronavirus spreads on Wisconsin reservations; Shawano ignores mandate | |
| 2020-10-29 15:49:00 UTC | strong opposition in Shawano County to | enforce | the face mask mandate | https://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/news/2020/10/29/coronavirus-spreads-wisconsin-reservations-shawano-sheriff-ignores-mask-mandate/6054686002/ | Coronavirus spreads on Wisconsin reservations; Shawano ignores mandate |
| 2020-10-29 15:49:00 UTC | A Wisconsin judge | upheld | Evers ' face mask mandate on | https://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/news/2020/10/29/coronavirus-spreads-wisconsin-reservations-shawano-sheriff-ignores-mask-mandate/6054686002/ | Coronavirus spreads on Wisconsin reservations; Shawano ignores mandate |
| 2020-10-29 15:49:00 UTC | ' statewide mandate that all people | wear | masks in public places | https://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/news/2020/10/29/coronavirus-spreads-wisconsin-reservations-shawano-sheriff-ignores-mask-mandate/6054686002/ | Coronavirus spreads on Wisconsin reservations; Shawano ignores mandate |
| 2020-10-29 16:03:00 UTC | Fauci | also expressed | support for a mask mandate | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fauci-mask-mandate/ | Fauci voices support for national mask mandate |
| 2020-10-29 16:03:00 UTC | The government mandates masks and people | wear | the same one all day | http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3899444/posts | These 12 Graphs From Around the World Show Mask Mandates Do Nothing To Stop COVID: No matter how strictly mask laws are enforced nor the level of mask compliance, cases all fall and rise around the same time. |
| 2020-10-29 16:03:00 UTC | Masks to | be made | mandatory in all RMOW facilities | http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-go-the-extra-mile-2831227 | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Go the extra mile |
| 2020-10-29 16:03:00 UTC | Biden | is pushing | for a national mask mandate | https://cnsnews.com/index.php/article/washington/susan-jones/biden-even-if-i-win-its-going-take-lot-hard-work-end-pandemic | Biden: 'Even If I Win, It's Going to Take a Lot of Hard Work to End This Pandemic' |
| 2020-10-29 15:35:00 UTC | a statewide mask mandate — which | now even goes | against recommendations | https://thestoryexchange.org/dr-shelley-lenz-running-governor-north-dakota/ | Dr. Shelley Lenz Running for Governor of North Dakota |
| 2020-10-29 15:33:00 UTC | on businesses | not enforcing | the mask mandate | https://ravallirepublic.com/news/state-and-regional/article_6e49833a-32e9-51b9-9f43-e2acb52cedf4.html | Anti-mask group travels state to raise awareness, funds for lawsuit |
| 2020-10-29 15:33:00 UTC | position the state 's mask mandate | violates | the constitutional rights of Montana residents. | https://ravallirepublic.com/news/state-and-regional/article_6e49833a-32e9-51b9-9f43-e2acb52cedf4.html | Anti-mask group travels state to raise awareness, funds for lawsuit |
| 2020-10-29 15:33:00 UTC | A majority of Americans | want | a national mask mandate in response | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-mask-poll-trump-biden-2020-election-fauci-mandate-b1424002.html | Coronavirus: Majority of Americans want a national mask mandate as Fauci backs one for the first time |
| 2020-10-29 16:02:00 UTC | Hampton selectmen | reject | calls for town-wide mask mandate By | https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/hampton-union/2020/10/29/hampton-selectmen-reject-calls-town-wide-mask-mandate/6065181002/ | Hampton selectmen reject calls for town-wide mask mandate |
| 2020-10-29 15:47:00 UTC | Mandatory masks and some business curfews | have been ordered | in Pakistani cities | https://www.ibtimes.com.au/france-germany-head-towards-lock-down-virus-surges-europe-1633682 | France, Germany Head Towards Lock Down As Virus Surges In Europe |