N95 masks aren't always more comfortable than surgical masks.I have found N95 masks quite uncomfortable.And I am not alone.There are several people who just don't suit an N95 mask.I have attended a fitting session for an N 95 mask and have been told my face is just not suitable for those that are available.
Interestingly there is this letter in the current issue of the MJA.
N95 or P2 respirator fit testing policy in Australia: implementation issues to consider
www.mja.com.au
"Finally, even with an efficient fit testing program, due to anatomical variations, there will always be a proportion of health care workers for whom no masks will be suitable."
So I no longer think I am a freak and there are others like me.
Then of course we really don't have hard evidence that masks actually do prevent healthy people from contracting Covid.There is a good Danish study using surgical masks which found they really didn't prevent infection.
now the cynic in me says with such huge numbers of cases in the USA,UK and EU why didn't some country not do a proper study using N95 masks.Surely if there was good evidence you could convince a lot more people to use one and wouldn't that be economically a good idea if many infections could be prevented.