No, well yes, but all I'm trying to say is ur partially correct. Masks slow down the process of the virus getting to the mouth so that means they won't really just stop the virus nor will it quickly let the virus go to le mouth. It only slows down le process
Also the severity of Covid is dose dependent, people who wear masks are less likely to get it and even if they do get it they have a milder case (fun fact: people who wear glasses also get milder cases because they don’t touch their eyes and glasses work a bit like a face mask)
That is why New York has more cases but the death rate isn’t going up, people are getting Covid but not getting as sick because they are all wearing masks