Oh yes, of course. Everyone's a sheeple but you. How unconforming of you. I bet you're unique like every other snowflake at the starbucks.

1. This is an opinion piece done in May, and several of its assertions have proven false in the ensuing months. Namely, that public space exposure is minimal, when it has ended up the #1 category in quite a few US states that collect such tracing data. That original guesstimate of 6 minutes, 10 minutes, or 30 minutes, has proven false.

2. The article states wearing a mask offers little protection from infection, and this is still true. However, what it can do is reduce transmission of infection if you are already infected, which is repeatedly stated by every single article on the subject ever. So the article doesn't support your apparent belief.

3. That humans have emotional responses out of line with actual probability is well documented and typical among everyone, including you. Because we're really bad at probability. Based on the limited information at the time, mostly lies from China (and I find your reliance on an article quoting China's numbers as authentic while calling people a synonym for sheeple fucking hilarious), this opinion piece assumed very low transmissibility for the public and healthcare workers. This has again proven false.

Like flat earthers, like young earth creationists, like anti-vaxxers, and all the other gaggles of people doing the same thing, use of old opinions, old data, and bad data, combine to construct support for a conspiracy mentality. Finding data to suit your idea of the world, rather than letting the data shape your idea of it.