I have problems understanding how people can justify making anonymous statements like you made ("unfortunately for you."). Online forums are pathetic. I even get to a point where I throw the same stuff back. I wish you could know me, so you would understand why I posted the comment above. I wish I could know you so I could have a rational discussion regarding established scientific facts about virology, personal protective equipment, etc. I spent 35 years of my working life being trained in what equipment would protect human beings from specific hazards and what equipment would not. The COVID virus requires an electron microscope to photograph. The paper masks sold in hardware stores, bandanas, and virtually every other mask is entirely unsuited to protect anyone from so small a virus. We know what particle sizes are filtered by masks. This is thoroughly studied and documented from decades of valid research. In the arc of events surrounding COVID, these facts were presented with the earnest intent of protecting people from something we didn't fully understand. Only then did the unsubstantiated rationale of protection from droplets appear. When studies showed 95% of the virus was measured in the space less than 18 inches from the floor (water soluble droplets are heavier than air) and quickly settled in flooring and the ground, they were totally obscured from public discussion. Many of us saw valid science trashed, ignored and discarded as the "crisis" expanded. So many policy decisions ignored science, that it became obvious to many of us with training that this development was being exploited for purposes contrary to the best interest of the public. For example, when "essential employee" designations were made, food manufacturers were deemed "essential", but the manufacturers of food containers were deemed "non-essential." Campbell's could make all the soup in the world, but they had no cans to put it in. Logic would suggest a correction in course, but the policy makers were content to let the supply chain grind to a halt and refused to expand the ancillary industries essential to pubic well being. So many irrational decisions could only be possible if they were deliberate.
Don't trust me, look up for yourself on OSHA and other websites what size particles are prevented by various masks. Look up the size of COVID globules. If the mask doesn't fit precisely against your skin, there is no protection. If you where glasses and they fog up from exhaled breath,
