There remains considerable confusion about masks.  Much of the following comes from a recent article in Time magazine: The problem began at the very beginning when the Federal government urged the populace not to wear those N95 masks, for there was a shortage in the operating room. Then President Donald Trump willfully refused to wear a mask. Many Republicans followed suit by avoiding masks in public. This attitude was partially fostered by some Republican governors. At least 24,000 people in the U.S. died during the previous flu season beginning in 2019. As of April 1 of this year, the current flu season has killed fewer than 500 , and only one child. No doubt social distancing and hand washing made a difference. HOWEVER, AND THIS IS STARTLING!!! Any mask, even the surgical one, DOES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE WEARER'S CHANCES OF CONTRACTING COVID-10 or the flu. What a mask does is PREVENT A SICK PERSON FROM TRANSFERRING RESPIRATORY DROPLETS INTO THE AIR.   You would hope that