Science say viruses are not gaseous. They primarily spread via water droplets. If the infected person is wearing a mask the amount of infectious water droplets they are expelling into the air is drastically reduced

The data is largely from 2016. Which it states several times. The data from covid wasn't reliable bc the people were not masking with regularity. Which it says several times too. So its a pretty useless study, much like the others you just googled, I suspect.

My family hasn't had much of an issue with covid, thankfully. Vaccines had a lot to do with that I suspect.

Like so many of the anti-mask warriors you are focusing on masks protecting the wearer rather than masks keeping infected people from spreading..

Except the science is there for transplants and of people who are at risk. Sorry you haven’t had a reason to believe doctors. Yes am I saying they all are great no I am not. But for once try and see something from who it effects not just what you read. Go talk to people who it did effect that’s your science.

Benzene was the ingredient that is associated with cancer and other health conditions. I use alcohol based sanitizers with aloe and vitamin E.

The virus is mainly transmitted through respiratory droplets. But there is still a chance for surface transmission. Besides, other viruses and illnesses are transmitted through surface contact. I’ve always used sanitizer though. Especially when I was working with the public and often in contact with immunocompromised people.

Per Cochrane, not enough data from the right kind of studies to make any conclusion.

New York Times, Zeynep Tufekci, March 10, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/opinion/masks-work-cochrane-study.html

>The debate over masks’ effectiveness in fighting the spread of the coronavirus intensified recently when a respected scientific nonprofit said its review of studies assessing measures to impede the spread of viral illnesses found it was “uncertain whether wearing masks or N95/P2 respirators helps to slow the spread of respiratory viruses.”
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>Now the organization, Cochrane, says that the way it summarized the review was unclear and imprecise, and that the way some people interpreted it was wrong.
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>“Many commentators have claimed that a recently updated Cochrane review shows that ‘masks don’t work,’ which is an inaccurate and misleading interpretation,” Karla Soares-Weiser, the editor in chief of the Cochrane Library, said in a statement.
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>“The review examined whether interventions to promote mask wearing help to slow the spread of respiratory viruses,” Soares-Weiser said, adding, “Given the limitations in the primary evidence, the review is not able to address the question of whether mask wearing itself reduces people’s risk of contracting or spreading respiratory viruses.”.
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>She said that “this wording was open to misinterpretation, for which we apologize,” and that Cochrane would revise the summary.
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>Soares-Weiser also said, though, that one of the lead authors of the review even more seriously misinterpreted its finding on masks by saying in an interview that it proved “there is just no evidence that they make any difference.” In fact, Soares-Weiser said, “that statement is not an accurate representation of what the review found.”

You know, getting a little cabin crazy isn't uncommon in the woods in Maine in March. Maybe tone the hostility down a bit.

The study you cited on masks said the study was inconclusive bc the data was poor.