I also do a lot of research and I still see evidence of transmitting virus increases without using a mask…this fact is evident during holidays when people are close to each other without masks and there’s a big surge in infections. When we first started wearing masks over three years ago they were saying that the flu virus hardly made an impact because of masks. I also attribute this to social distancing…I heard more people complain about wearing masks than anything else, I agree that they are a nuisance but I’m more worried about getting covid again, I had it over a year ago and I now have long covid and horrible symptoms that are affecting my heart and lungs as well as other creepy symptoms. I can’t go through another thing like this again and considering how very sketchy their knowledge is about covid makes me even more worried…I go out with my mask and people are looking at me like I’m crazy…how quickly they forget what this monster is capable of doing to us in the long run, look at all the damage it’s done thus far. At the end of the day we should make our own choices about what is best for you and learn to accept what other people want to do, it’s a personal choice to make.