Not really. Even just basic cotton cloth masks reduce the transmission rate by 90%+ if everyone wears them. Masks are an important way to slow the thing down to a crawl.
N95 masks are for the front line health care providers who have infected people in their face all the time and need to reduce the risk as far as possible in order to keep fighting for lives without sacrificing their own.
But what do I know, it’s not like I am a medical science professional with decades of experience or anything.
People can believe what they want, but believing doesn’t make fact. Masks save lives, and if we all do it, this thing will be beaten into submission.
