Mississippi's data is no worse nor better than states with the strictest mask and lockdown legislations. Masks do not filter, they simply redirect one's breath sideways and upward; something that serves no one in a closed environment but often serves as a talisman, allowing many to engage in more social activities than they would unequipped. And as with any disease, healthy individuals with robust immune systems will develop t cells and nucleotides as their system destroys the virus without ever developing symptoms or transmitting it to others. Interestingly, vaccinated individuals are still expected to transmit C19.