A properly fitted n95 mask is very effective at preventing infection.
Simply masking around groups though isn’t enough as it can linger in the air. The amount of effort to actually wear the mask everywhere you’d need to is pretty high and one slip up is all it takes. It comes down to trade offs at that point of how often you wear it.
Oh wow I didn’t actually know he was bipolar (checked to confirm it is the case). I knew he was on the autism spectrum.
I can’t imagine those 2 play nice together.