I think most of what you said is merely your opinion, and not supported by every scientific study. You play loose with words in your posts. You say 'fact' when you mean opinion, you say 'every' when you mean 'I found an outlier'.
You and dido are quite the team. I'm amazed that somehow you two ended up being steering wheel holders. One would think you would be running your own business, or teaching at university level.
Nope, you might have difficulty distinguishing between facts and opinions, I don't. Every single RC study that has ever been done on the matter has shown no significant difference between mask and no mask in slowing the spread of both ILI and the one they did for coronavirus had the same result. Fact, not opinion. The information isn't hard to find, which leads me to believe that people who aren't aware of these facts are being intentional in their ignorance.
As for my intellectual capabilities, if being a truck driver means I'm incapable of drawing my own conclusions from available information, then you certainly lack the capability to challenge my conclusions. I always get a good chuckle when people pull that truck driver nonsense out.
I might have become a doctor, but the only way I could afford the training was to stay military, and that wasn't for me.
I considered taking the LSAT after completing my degree, since I enjoyed my business law classes so much. But financing was still an issue. You see, grants and scholarships are offered on basis of skin color and what's between you legs rather than what's between your ears. I didn't just give up and cry sexism and racism, as seems to be the fashion these days, I made the best of what options were open to me.
By the time I finished college, the housing bubble was bursting, and I took whatever job I could get. Considering the compensation versus up front investment, holding a steering wheel rather than being a doctor or a lawyer ain't all that bad, plus I get the physical activity I need throughout the day.
As for starting a business, I'm also working on that. I didn't want to take on investors, so I am investing what I can, when I can, time and money, in myself. I'm hoping to be ready to step out on my own before retirement, but if not, retiring with UPS is not a bad plan b. I just got my pension benefit statement today, assuming nothing changes, I'll be able to retire in 12 years making 80k.