Surgeons don't wear the same masks you do or ever would be able to. Firefighters would recommend them in a fire because they filter out particulates orders of magnitude larger than so-called pathogens. So yes, I can say that non-specialized masks have no effectiveness for stopping transmission.

Surgeons don't wear the same masks you do or ever would be able to. Firefighters would recommend them in a fire because they filter out particulates orders of magnitude larger than so-called pathogens. So yes, I can say that non-specialized masks never ever ever work for stopping transmission.