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No one doubts N95 reduces virus density...

Au contraire...

Do N95 respirators provide 95% protection level against airborne viruses, and how adequate are surgical masks?

...The N95 filtering face piece respirators may not provide the expected protection level against small virions...

[mewzilla]

Also from the above link...

“It should be noted that the surgical masks are primarily designed to protect the environment from the wearer, whereas the respirators are supposed to protect the wearer from the environment.”