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> "What percentage of the populace properly handles and dons masks? What percentage of the populace replaces or washes those masks thoroughly enough to prevent transmission? What percentage of the populace refuses to don a mask?

While those questions are somewhat useful, ultimately masks still help in any case.

If half the population doesn't wear a mask, masks won't work as well as they would if 100% of the population did, but they would still make a difference. If people don't wear or care for masks correctly it still doesn't make those masks useless because putting literally anything in front of somebody's virus spewing face holes helps a lot regardless.

This is why we teach children to "vampire cough", not because every single person on earth is going to do it 100% of the time, or because people's elbow pits provide N95 levels of protection, but because neither of those things is necessary for it to make a massive difference in the spread of illness.