But the thing is, the majority of people walking around aren’t sneezing and coughing up enormous gobs of virus laden phlegm, which a mask would most certainly capture. The majority of people are walking around breathing in and out normally. The virus is very small and easily float/ drift and stay airborne for quite awhile. When a person breathes in and out, the majority of that air is not “filtered” through the mask. It goes in and goes out around the sides and any gaps (the path of least resistant).
And there is almost no mention of eye protection. The mucuos surrounding a person’s eyes is much more permeable and much less protected than the nasal and throat passages.
Unless one stays isolated at home, and takes extreme procedures to have absolutely no outside contact, there is absolutely no way one can avoid exposure. And isolation has been shown to lessen/depress one’s immune systems.
The “protection” of masks is purely psychological. Fearful people will cling to any easy remedy that is recommended by “experts” and remain dogged in their defense.
This was all clearly explained and preached before the mask Nazis gained control of the narrative.
One can make the argument that recent “ surges” are due to mask wearing.