The fact is you gave me articles interviews for referencing you oppinons and I pointed out to you how those same references stated masks make a differrence when complemented by all the other guidlines.
My point is that those "official sources" use WEASEL-WORDS like "probably" in order to qualify their OPINION that "masks might mitigate risk of plague infection".
The actual scientific studies on the matter concluded that parents of infected children who wore masks "most of the time" saw ZERO mitigation of virus infection relative to the control group who wore NO MASK. CDC.GOV
...those same references stated masks make a differrence when complemented by all the other guidlines.
YES. I AGREE. STAYING 100% ISOLATED AND CONSTANTLY WASHING YOUR HANDS WILL MITIGATE VIRAL INFECTION.
AND YOUR MASK BY ITSELF WILL DO NOTHING.
IT'S LIKE WEARING A SIGN ON YOUR FOREHEAD THAT SAYS "WASH YOUR HANDS YOU IDIOT".