Originally Posted by
neverposts
"To protect droplets from getting into an open wound or stop the wound from infecting the surgeon?"
This isn't surgery. This is a virus killing people with one foot already in the grave. Was the entire country wearing masks for as long as the flu has been around?
You can argue against mask mandates all you want, and I tend to agree that they cause more harm than good. We have the mandates though and they do slow the exhalation of the virus. Tilting windmills is highly unproductive. Take copies of the studies that have been peer reviewed to your local representative and lobby for the mandates to be lifted. Complaining on an internet forum is time well wasted.