For the general population masks mainly are effective when worn by infected persons.
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The article makes a pretty good case for them being effective for those not infected also. Seemed like common sense and made it frustrating to hear the ‘experts’ say the same thing you did.
“The article makes a pretty good case for them being effective for those not infected also. Seemed like common sense and made it frustrating to hear the ‘experts’ say the same thing you did.”
The article only does some crude filtration comparisons.
Nowhere is there any mention of infection modes.
The truth is unless you are in close contact with an infected person you have a VERY small chance of becoming infected. Wearing a mask only makes a VERY small chance a little bit smaller.
The effectiveness of the mask in the general population is to catch the particles of the infected person inside the mask before they get sprayed on the uninfected person.