> From what I gathered from their guidance the basically say masks are not effective enough to protect you & people do not know how to use them. Why give them

> From what I gathered from their guidance the basically say masks are not effective enough to protect you & people do not know how to use them. Why give them to nurses and doctors then? It would suffice for the patients to wear them. If they do work at protecting you, then let's say a patient can't wear one, should you wear one? The answer is yes. Therefore the only logical conclusion is that an N95 mask protects you.