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Depends on the surgical mask. My 3M Brand has kept me flu free for two years now, the last year without the flu shot as backup. Compare that to the previous ten+ years where I got the flu two to five times every year. I'll always believe experience over anything doctors or talking heads say. There are nutjobs on both sides, spinning their yarns. One side wants to convince you that being a guinea pig for an experimental vaccine already proven beyond doubt to have nasty side effects (if not fatal outcomes), is a good deal. The other side wants to convince you that all masks are created equal, and none have any prophylactic benefit.