What was the point of wearing non medical grade masks?

What was the point of wearing non medical grade masks?

Medical grade are such as N95 and N99, correctly fitted.

From the start many medical people stated wearing non medical masks would do very little as the wholes in the material were too large to block the Kipper particles.

Then they insisted people wore non medical masks all the time.

I never wore one as no one could show me evidence that wearing non medical grade masks were 100% effective.

Many people wearing non medical grade masks would tell me off as there glasses steamed up. I would point out that the cheap tat they had on did not cover the face and as they breathed out, the air was going up the gaps onto the glasses, rather than via the material.

Now it seems the official line is non medical grade masks do not protect you.

Worst is, people had so much trust in non medical grade masks that they went to visit elderly, wore these bits of rubbish, and because they block next to nothing, ended up passing Kipper onto the relatives.

Lets forget how these masks have ended up being pollution or the fact people ended up in such fear we still see people today driving alone in cars with these masks on.

The only point I could ever see to wearing non medical grade masks was to keep a few people feel safe, even though, one suspect they did very little in real use.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57636360