However - If one expects it to do More than it Can do (catch snot & spittle of the wearer) Over reliance could lead to complacency & Increase one's chances of contracting covid.
Long story short - Play along. Wear a mask. But don't trust it for covid protection
Simple experiment to ascertain the protection provided by an ear loop craft mask -
1) Don one's mask.
2) Mingle with people wearing perfume/cologne/after shave.
Note if toiletry aroma(s) can be detected - A craft mask provides roughly the same "protection" from toiletry aroma as airborne/aerosol covid - or Any virus. Hence the disclaimer on ear loop craft mask boxes.
... Some claim bears fear people & suggest wearing a little bell when in bear country to avoid surprising a bear & bringing on a bear attack.
Western states have populations of both great bears & black bears. Woods savvy locals can differentiate between droppings of great & black bears - Great bear droppings contain little bells ...
Reports suggest pepper spray is significantly more effective on the Great Bears (grizzly, brown, polar) than Black Bears.
Why? ...
According to one report, a grizzly sow ran over her own cubs to get away after a dose of pepper spray. It's been suggested that pepper spray will Stop a great bear attack more Quickly than a rifle meant to stop a charge by African dangerous game (i.e. elephant gun such as .458 Magnum). The rifle will kill the bear, but perhaps not quickly enough to prevent the bear from killing You.
Masks catch snot & spittle - To that extent, they're effective.
Ear loop craft masks (used for, say, not breathing dust when sanding wood) provide minimal protection for the Wearer, If That - They've been likened to using a chain link fence as mosquito netting.
That Said - Masks are Very effective as a perpetual visual reminder to do things that Do provide protection - Distancing, Hand Washing/Sanitizing, Getting Well(!) Cooked Food (e.g. Deep Fried or Stir Fried Asian) - avoid Uncooked foods.
It's a Helluva bad time to be selling Sub Sandwiches ... I Love 'em, but I'll eat one Only if I've made it at home.
But seriously - Depending upon when he was infected, he could be past being contagious. Also ... The White House is a big place - Docs can quarantine him from WH Staff.
I've also recently gotten a flurry of "Red Flag" mail - Full Moon? ...
Anyway - Perhaps This is the object of the lady's god-fearing ...
"For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you." - Acts 17: 23
RE: Fear ...
Ms. the_gripper ...Senile Last Living DixieCrat & Warmonger Ol' Joe's the Most Absurd Major Party Prez Candidate In The History Of The Republic.
Joe seized the Title from Horace Greeley who held it 1872 - 2020...