Exactly. When first I saw people wearing masks in asia (long long before Covid) I though that these people where afraid of getting sick from other people. It was in fact the other way around, THEY were wearing the mask for protecting OTHER people., some people again long before Covid used mask every day in Asia just because they were brought up that way,
This is a mark of culture, discipline and respect for other people.
Recent accredited studies concludes that masks have a clear and positive effect in reducing the spread of Covid. Wiping with alcohol has not shown to have a detectable effect.
I cannot respect persons that complain about wearing masks.
People that work with patients in the hospitals have to wear tightfitting masks ALL DAY and EVERY DAY, or even several layers of PPE. We regular people only have to wear a mildly inconveniencing mask for the short time that we must interact with other people.