Unless you have an N95 mask, your mask would to nothing to protect your from an "aerosol" type infection. The odds of that happening is so small while you're outside in the fresh air or alone in your car it's not even worth mentioning.
I would like to remind everyone that there is a 96% recovery rate for this virus. If you are under 65, your odds of dying from it are only slightly more than dying from being hit by a meteor.
CV19 = 1 in 600,000 Meteor = 1 in 700,000
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relative risk of COVID-19 death in people <65 years old versus older individuals in the general population, to provide estimates of absolute risk of COVID-19 death at the population level, and to understand what proportion of COVID-19 deaths occur in non-elderly people...
www.medrxiv.org
Now, wearing an N95 mask in your car while in rush hour traffic to avoid toxic fumes might be a good idea, but no one is going anywhere right now so "rush hour" is virtually non-existent.
Symptoms, testing, what to do if sick, daily activities, and more.
www.cdc.gov
Of course a cloth mask with a filter is not going to be
as effective as N95 filters, but they do offer protection, and when everyone is wearing one there are two points of filtration-through their mask and your mask.
I don't wear a mask walking outside when no ones around. I don't always wear it at my work bench, esp now that there are half the people in my group. I do wear it walking around our building.
I don't really see this as being obsessive, during flu season we've always had people with health issues wearing masks.
I do want to get one that's better than the ones I've made.
If you're contagious before you know you have it, it only makes sense for everyone to wear a mask in public.
As for the comparisons, I personally believe in doing things to lessen my chances of being sick or injured. You could use the same data for car accidents, but I will still wear my seat belt.
For this virus, it's about doing everything we can to stop the spread, not just protect ourselves.
"I would like to remind everyone that there is a 96% recovery rate for this virus. If you are under 65, your odds of dying from it are only slightly more than dying from being hit by a meteor. CV19 = 1 in 600,000 Meteor = 1 in 700,000"
1098 deaths as of 4-11 under 65. I haven't noticed how many people die from being hit by a meteor, but now I'm curious.