The surgical team wears a mask for their own protection.
From blood and other solids.
If any disease is airborne the masks that the surgical team wear will not protect them.
Look at the suits that the people who handle virus' wear. They are a full haz-mat suit. To think that your little paper or cloth mask will stop a virus is absolutely laughable.
Another present human fallacy - believing it's 'all or nothing'.
No the mask will not stop all viral particles. But it is proven to stop
some.
Dr Ghandi (look her up under Z Dogg MD) noted that covid has a very high rate of asymptomatic infections, like 45% to the flu's 5%. She posited that the mask, since it does stop
some, leads to the spread of lower amounts of viral particles, and that the severity of infection depends on part to your exposure level.
But no, people want a 100% guarantee or nothing.
I get it. AAAAL of this is yes a stepping stone. Diving an already divided populace. Conditioning people to accept government mandates. Getting people to trust in unproven technologies.
But ... The mask and the vax are all we have as a society to mitigate what
is to many a dangerous disease. And like my avatar says, if it saves just one I will do it.
I wonder if Jesus would have gone to the cross if He knew giving up His freedom would only save
one life.
Like I said elsewhere, satan is diabolical. Leading people away from the truth by using the truth.