yes social distzncing is effective but if you read my commeny you'd know I explained how the carefully tested and examined current health mask does prevent the spread of covid. and even if its only going to make a small difference in the end, I still want to protect those who might be affected. Besides if you still believe masks don't work then I can't convince you. but just wear it so other people feel safe. its "just a piece of cloth" after all and even if you don't think it works look at the research papers, the tests done on the masks by scientists to protect people as much as possible even if only in a little way. people risk their lives every day doing countless things that don't involve covid. and frontline workers work nearly 24/7. so think about them. think that they believe even if it might not work, it might. and if it does, it saves lives. but even if it doesn't. it still helps. even if masks are overrated and they don't do nearly as much as a face cover. it helps that little bit. besides. if it didn't work. if it didn't. it still gives people a hope. a hope that they in their own small way they are helping. and they are. they are helping. but say masks didn't work. then why do scientists who have taken a sollemn oath to pursue science and not loyalty. to never lie. to never. ever lie about their research. why would thousands of world renowned scientists lie? lie about how masks work? they don't. and you can say its just a cloth, but irs a cloth made specifically to be a virus stopping cloth. to trap as much of the virus as possible. you are right its just a cloth. but its a cloth made not to be a tissue or towel. It is a cloth made to be a shield. a shield we use to stop the spread as the same people who created the shield, the everchanging shield that as they do more tests they perfect even more. those scientists. those people. they are creating the "sword" the vaccine that hopefully can stop covid, or slow it down enough it won't spread anymore. thats why you wear a mask. maybe because it works. maybe it is a sign of hope. maybe it is a simple cloth. or maybe it is a shield against a virus. one that although rarely can kill. and you know as an american everybody deserves rights. and everyone deserves to live a full life.