People are skeptical of the numbers, and rightly so. Unfortunately, this crisis has gotten to the point where you can't criticize any part of the response without being lumped into the "denier" category. For instance, I am not convinced that masks are more helpful to healthy people than they are harmful, and that is really my only criticism thus far, but whenever I mention that in an online forum, I'm dismissed as a complete denier.
I took a look at your post history, and I don't really agree with any of your reasoning not to wear a mask going outside.
But here is the biggest one: at pandemic level, it's much more productive and safer for everyone to assume that they are potentially infected, and wear mask to prevent spreading it elsewhere. In my country, when facing guidelines of social distancing, a lot of people are responding with "I am healthy, and I don't really care if I got infected so I should be able to go outside and do everything I want". And if you follow it up with "You might not care about your health, but you might spread it to other people, so you should still stay home", their answer is "Are you saying I am infected? I am not". Your argument is suspiciously similar to that line of reasoning.
Yes, non-medical mask might not block things coming into your body, but everyone is a potential carrier, and if everyone wears a mask, society gets safer, quicker.
And that's okay! It's good to apply a healthy dose of skepticism, especially when neither of us have all the facts. We can agree to disagree for now, and I may even change my mind as I get more verifiable info.
