Why isn’t the answer just “those who are afraid of the virus can stay inside indefinitely” and no one else has to wear masks if they don’t want to? I don’t thin

Why isn’t the answer just “those who are afraid of the virus can stay inside indefinitely” and no one else has to wear masks if they don’t want to? I don’t think it is “trivial” to wear masks - it makes breathing harder, it affects mental health (by not seeing people’s emotions), it makes communication harder for those with certain disabilities, and it makes every activity less enjoyable. After all if we really think there is no negative impact from wearing masks why not permanently require it all the time including at home? So then this comes down to a fuzzy tradeoff, which seems more like a values or politics based determination than a mathematical or scientific one.