I totally agree with you on this one.
I believe the issue of wearing mask was to instill that fear in us and we complied.
When I started wearing mask, it was so uncomfortable for me, from not breathing properly to obstruction while communicating and all that but I still had to endure it all because of the havoc the virus is causing, I mean I wouldn't want to be a scapegoat.
As time goes on,people started wearing pieces of cloth in the name of shielding the virus from entering the lungs and so on, and nobody was saying anything about it, I mean the said virus is very tiny that it pass through tiny pores, then I realized that what matters is to wear mask whether or not it is shielding anyone from the virus