Your response is measured and draws on facts which surely is a positive step towards discussion.
>> Prior to Covid-19, there were a few what-if studies done to decide about mask policy if a new major viral disease were to breakout. The conclusion of all those studies some of which were quite substantial in size was not to recommend mask use for the entire population<<<
Your comment is accurate mostly on particle mitigation from filters/masks. You may recall during the onset of the Covid virus health officials were alarmed for a market depletion high-efficiency masks thus creating a severe shortage and depriving the medical community of the critical prophylactics. As you may expect, from the demand of masks worldwide, cheap, inefficient cloth masks flooded the marketplace. Partly as a result of the mucosa and serosa from infected hosts were less severe.