What is the role of face masks, however effective, in a world where a variant of Covid-19 is endemic? Sooner or later we're going to catch it much as we catch i

What is the role of face masks, however effective, in a world where a variant of Covid-19 is endemic? Sooner or later we're going to catch it much as we catch influenza which year in year out, kills up to an estimated 650,000 people every year.