It would appear that your medical expertise matches your financial markets acumen.

Those who complain most about masks are wearing a thin hankerchief or an ill fitting poorly constructed mask. So sure, they may not protect you, but even the weakest of masks prevent your droplets from going very far toward infecting others.

It's a show of respect and courtesy to wear a mask. I wear a comfortable yet well constructed mask that fits me well when I'm in close contact with people - and am happy to spend most of my time in open air settings keeping a good deal of distance from others.

I use common sense and common courtesy. I wish others near me would as well. There are some Anti-masker Q-anon Yoga Mom types in my condo complex. They refuse to wear a mask, which is fine if they keep their distance from me.

Unfortunately, these Anti-maskers also want to use the swimming pool at the same time as me, where we are free to exercise without masks. I learned early on not to engage them in discourse about it, because they sputter and yell and scream that they aren't "afraid" of the virus.... well I'm in my mid-sixties and haven't had my vaccine yet, so I wish they would show some courtesy to the older folks in the complex and wear a mask or at least keep their distance from me. They refuse to give me space, so I leave the pool and do without my exercise for the day. They are being selfish - and breaking the law here in Hawaii.

Lucky for me, I can come back in an hour to use the pool without them in it, but it's just rude not to follow the rules of our condo complex. I'm afraid it the problem persists, we'll close the pool, as we did early on in the pandemic, which was sad, since it's the only form of exercise many of the elderly here get.

( This has been said so many times before it is getting really boring. )

The main purpose of masks is to prevent you infecting others, if they do not prevent you getting infected, that is besides the point.

Though it is hard to see how they would not at least help a little bit, even with that.

You can post as many links as you want. You're still WRONG!