Not really, there's a difference between saying "surgical masks have their downsides in how they're worn" and "surgical masks aren't effective enough, you want

Not really, there's a difference between saying "surgical masks have their downsides in how they're worn" and "surgical masks aren't effective enough, you want N95s, which have downsides in how they're worn". You explicitly stated that N95 is prefferable and that's what I was commenting against.