[WhiskeyChicken]

> Do you think maybe every surgeon in the world, who spends 8+ years studying medicine, just wears masks because they're brainwashed?

This is a non sequitur. Surgeons don't wear masks to prevent transmission of airborne viruses.

[cowpig]

Why don't you go to a hospital and ask someone who works there why they wear masks and whether they prevent transmission of airborne viruses?