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Well, let’s try a reasonable response. The question is valid if coming from a person with misunderstanding and not malice:

In a high exposure environment, I wear a 3M N95, adhering to proper protocols stringently (said protocols are easy, if a bit time consuming, for a guy who used to catfish with stink bait. Hahaha.)

In moderate exposure environments I use a KN-95: Less effective but more comfortable, and much more readily available.

In negligible exposure environments I don’t wear a mask unless required for entry, or, if it’s a short hop between 2 such establishments. (Mask handling, even properly, carries a small risk of exposure.)

The other side of it is two part:

No vaccine can provide 100% protection against a fast replicating virus— start off with enough virions and even a great immune system, natural or human-boosted, may end up unsuccessfully (from the standpoint of the host getting ill) trying to catch up. A properly used quality N95 will catch ~90% of incoming virions: That’s a huge help to the immune system - almost like making it 10x stronger.

Further, I’ve been posting about COVID correctly described as a 2-stage disease. The vaccine was designed to fight stage 2. Therefor, a good mask is the better defense against stage 1. If that fails (maybe I get a 1000x exposure?) then the vaccine has a good chance of keeping the disease to stage 1.

Put another way, I did NOT get the vaccine to protect against Stage 1 COVID. I got the shot to protect against Stage 2 COVID if / when I got Stage 1.

Stage 1? I’d rather not be a spreader to vulnerable (to stage 2) persons around me, in case I do get Stage 1. Nor do I wish to be a variant generator and spreader, so not getting Stage 1 is best overall. Contrary to a lot of incorrect theories, variant generation is primarily dependent on the number of virions extant, and “environmental elements” such as radiation. (This is something I know a little about - my Dad was among other things a geneticist.)

Note in all this that I do not expect naturally acquired immunity to COVID to be any better (or last longer) than acquired immunity to colds. Why would anyone think that?

I may not be able to forever prevent getting at least Stage 1. But, I can sure as heck reduce how many times I get it (which also goes for the flu and many other pathogens.) For kids, natural immunity might work better than for an old guy (but then, those colds hit kids plenty too...)