I thought the general consensus was that it doesn’t reduce your chance of infecting others much if you’re infected, but that it dramatically reduces the severit

I thought the general consensus was that it doesn’t reduce your chance of infecting others much if you’re infected, but that it dramatically reduces the severity of your symptoms, and thus the load on the healthcare system, whereas non-n95 masks do little to protect you, but they’re effective in reducing the risk you infect others?