You want to know how to really reduce the impact of covid 19?
Ask why, in a population of 7.8B [numbers are rounded], only 1% had been infected, and currently, of that 1%, 70% have recovered. With that in mind, why are we panicking? https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
During this, people have died form CO2 poisoning and cardiac arrest, from wearing masks too long: https://www.thatsmags.com/china/post/31100/student-deaths-lead-schools-to-adjust-rules-on-masks-while-exercising
US CDC: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article
Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine: https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/masking-lack-of-evidence-with-politics/
And many others, conclude masks are ineffective.
Over 90% of aerosols penetrate or bypass the mask and fill a medium-sized room within minutes. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577
Many states that introduced mandatory face masks on public transport and in shops in spring, such as Hawaii, California, Argentina, Spain, France, Japan and Israel, saw a strong increase in infections from July onwards, indicating a low effectiveness of mask policies. https://rationalground.com/post-thanksgiving-mask-charts-still-no-evidence-that-masks-work/ https://twitter.com/yinonw/status/1321177359601393664
So, why are we still being made to suffer?