I admitted no such thing. I stated that their effectiveness is probably overblown and alluded to the idea of mandates being premised on poorly formed conclusions and misinterpreted data and especially misguided faith in the general public being able to comport themselves correctly WRT PPE and how it actually works to prevent spread through droplets of numerous sizes (based on studies that I linked to if you bothered to read any of my other posts on this thread) and if everything is done correctly!
Not all masks are created equally, not all fabrics or textiles will do as good of a job as others, none of them are totally ineffective if used correctly, and nothing in this world is perfect. There are varying degrees of capability and tons of variables when it comes to the average or below average person using any kind of PPE or mask or what have you, therein lies the rub.
Oh well .... sigh