It seems to be that masks are only effective when used in professional or controlled lab settings. In the general population within covid surges they did little to no good. Why? Is it because the people would rather risk the virus than wear a mask? Does the general population see it as tool for tyranny? Does the majority of the population wear the wrong masks? Don't properly dispose of them? Don't change or wash them as necessary? Constantly shifting and touching them? Wearing them the wrong way? Can't breath in them?
For some reason the masks by current studies suggest they work but only if worn by a professional or controlled lab setting.
What do you think? Do you have any updated studies?
Mask mandate and use efficacy in state-level COVID-19 containment
View ORCID ProfileDamian D. Guerra, Daniel J. Guerra
doi:
https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.18.21257385
Conclusions Mask mandates and use are not associated with slower state-level COVID-19 spread during COVID-19 growth surges. Containment requires future research and implementation of existing efficacious strategies.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.18.21257385v1
How effective is a mask in preventing COVID‐19 infection?
Yuxin Wang, Zicheng Deng, and Donglu Shi
Based on these studies, all people, regardless of physical conditions and professions, should wear masks at all times in prevention of COVID‐19.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7883189/