I agree wholeheartedly GAK, wearing a mask only protects the uninfected from becoming infected from others who are infected.

However, wearing masks by those who are not infected comes at a cost of multiple health risks associated with wearing the damned masks unnecessarily, as the article I linked clearly states.

So tell me how putting myself at risk of numerous unnecessary conditions and detrimental health concerns in needlessly wearing a mask when I am NOT infected is beneficial and to whom