Except there’s zero evidence to support any spread through fomites with COVID-19.
And there’s zero evidence to support your theory about masks aerosolizing SARS-CoV-2 so it can penetrate into your lungs better.
And your anecdote about not getting infected thus far isn’t terribly useful without any context. Only 27% of the US has been infected so far, so your chances just blindly are 1 in 4. And that’s highly regional. Some states have seen as little as 5% of their population infected (Vermont, Hawaii, Alaska, etc.) Have you and your wife had regular serology tests done for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies? How do you know you haven’t had asymptomatic cases?
So none of this really adds up to anything substantive.
I opposite shifts of two people who had covid, we shared a computer workstation, never wore masks. One was sick with covid the day after we had relieved each other for three days.
I worked in the same room as someone who’s wife had covid, he was going home and back to work. He didn’t quarantine, and didn’t wear a mask at work. I was exposed without a doubt.
Same with my wife.
We were careful, used a lot of clorox wipes and hand sanitizer.
“Except there’s zero evidence to support any spread through fomites with COVID-19.”
That false.
“However, fomite transmission is considered a likely mode of transmission for SARS-CoV-2, given consistent findings about environmental contamination in the vicinity of infected cases and the fact that other coronaviruses and respiratory viruses can transmit this way.”
https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/transmission-of-sars-cov-2-implications-for-infection-prevention-precautions
“Indirect transmission via fomites (contaminated surfaces) contributes to the spread of common respiratory pathogens and evidence-to-date suggests fomite transmission is possible for SARS-CoV-2. People infected with SARS-CoV-2 shed the virus into the environment, as evidenced by extensive SARS-CoV-2 RNA detected on surfaces in cruise ships, hospitals, and public spaces in urban areas such as bus stations and public squares. Infective coronavirus persists in the environment, with experimental evidence of persistence on surfaces ranging from 3 hours to 28 days, depending on environmental factors such as surface material and temperature. Viruses readily transfer from contaminated surfaces to the hand upon contact and from hands to the mucous membranes on the face. People touch their faces frequently, with studies reporting average hand-to-face contacts ranging from 16 to 37 times an hour. Taken together, this suggests surface contamination could pose a risk for indirect SARS-CoV-2 transmission, similar to other respiratory viruses.”
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.20.20220749v1.full
“SARS-CoV-2 can also spread via contact or fomite transmission. The respiratory droplets exhaled from an infected person settle down on nearby fomites. They can be on surfaces such as tables, the floor, doorknobs, and other commonly touched areas. People can come in contact with the respiratory droplets by touching contaminated surfaces and then touching their mouth, nose, or eyes.”
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20201202/Particulate-matter-levels-can-play-a-significant-role-in-SARS-CoV-2-transmission.aspx
‘And your anecdote about not getting infected thus far isn’t terribly useful without any context.’
of course that’s true, as is all disseminated information without provided context; including the announced number of covid deaths...
who, precisely, is dying, and what were their conditions prior to death...?