Masks while not 100% effective do in fact help for a lot of airborne viral infections in public places. Especially when paired with hand washing and staying hom

Masks while not 100% effective do in fact help for a lot of airborne viral infections in public places. Especially when paired with hand washing and staying home. Then again if you are making an unavoidable trip to the store, there is not much point since the original chance of infection is so low from casual passing contact with few people. But it makes sense if you or a family member are immunocompromised, have COPD or some other critical condition. That reduced chance from wearing a mask is worth it due to your high chance of death. Not so much if you are a healthy 15-50 year old who lives alone with their cat.