yes, masks are not a panacea and are highly politicized. we need to stop focusing on them, and focus on (semi-)private social gatherings of friends and stranger

yes, masks are not a panacea and are highly politicized. we need to stop focusing on them, and focus on (semi-)private social gatherings of friends and strangers (high heterogeneous mixing coefficients) where most of the community transmission is happening, rather than wearing masks on the street (or even in grocery stores) where transmission risks are practically non-existent but compliance is conspicuous (but ineffective).