The physics of filters is well-known, but how many virus particles does it take to infect a person? Can you smell anything through your mask? If you can, you'll

The physics of filters is well-known, but how many virus particles does it take to infect a person? Can you smell anything through your mask? If you can, you'll probably be infected if you're anywhere near an infected person. By the way, you also absorb virus particles through your eyes. So trying to rely on the primitive filters you'd actually wear is silly. The effect of masks is so minimal, in my estimation, it's worse than nothing. Then we have to address the stupidity of people thinking that it's mandatory to wear a mask in a restaurant but only until you sit. Then the virus stops completely as you eat. The truth is, by the time we got to that stage, the virus was not a significant threat. The mask mandates were purely performative at that point, and we were seriously at risk of being in that stage forever because of power-tripping politicians.