Masks aren't very useful at stopping viral spread and have traditionally been limited to mitigating bacterial shedding in environments where that was key, such

Masks aren't very useful at stopping viral spread and have traditionally been limited to mitigating bacterial shedding in environments where that was key, such as surgery. Since time immemorial, a fundamental right has been warding off invaders of varying forms, armed or not. Exclusion of uninvited parties from a piece of land is one of the oldest things in Western civ.