"And your argument exasperatingly continues to assume infinite availability of masks." Except the part where I wrote "supply issues aside". Of course there's a

"And your argument exasperatingly continues to assume infinite availability of masks." Except the part where I wrote "supply issues aside". Of course there's a limited supply. That doesn't mean masks wouldn't be effective if we had enough of them. I think we should prioritize making more, not just for healthcare workers, but for everyone. "Someone not coughing or sneezing is spreading the virus roughly the same amount whether they wear a mask or not." Scientific consensus so far is that coughing, sneezing, and talking is responsible for the majority of spread. Surface spread is secondary. "probably more effective than a mask on a healthy person" Again, we don't know who's healthy and who isn't.