remind everyone that the very document he used to erroneously support his contention said exactly the opposite...you must remember that occurrence, Ned...the "MIT Report" that gave different 'Safe Exposure Times" for each grade of mask...and none of them were anywhere near ZERO...if you'd like to see it again, just ask.
What people do or don't do with such knowledge is up to them, but the facts remain...btw, I've also posted a voluminous study from Stanford involving 320,000 subjects in Bangladesh using simple Surgical Masks, which I'm sure were not 'well fitted' for all users...yet there was a demonstrable reduction in transmission of COVID.
The entire medical profession (Baron excepted) acknowledges that masks "Mitigate" (i.e. reduce) COVID transmission...that's a good thing, and so easy to do...so please open your eyes and ears to facts and not posturing political statements on this issue...in most people's lifetimes the need for such devices will be required again.