First off, cut the crap with the false sensitivity about "insults"....YOU started with the condescending attitude, "bucko". If you can't take it, don't dish it out.
Secondly, GMAFB with this maudlin defense of Fauci. You sure as hell wouldn't accept a bill from a car mechanic that consistently contradicted himself regarding repairing your car, much less use his services again. So why the pass for Fauci. This guy has no credibility....hasn't for over 30 years. Check this out:
Third, for your education regarding adverse effects (you can independently check this, or just check the sources and references)
Why We’re Not Hearing About COVID Vaccine Side Effects
Masks are used to prevent people from infecting others, which is why surgeons use them. If someone is infected with a highly communicable, potentially fatal disease, then full protective gear with a respirator is used.
There are also masks used for lawn/yard work, construction and painting. The painters masks may be the best bet in lowering your chances of infection, but then that leaves your eyes. If someone sneezes in an enclosed space with poor or standard ventilation, then it's a good possibility of entering through the eyes.
As for your statement regarding flu patients and the ICU, hell, my mom had a nasty UTI once that put her in an isolation room for 10 days! Masks, gowns were required before entering. So I would be interested in seeing some stats from reputable sources to back your claim.
And here's a point: idiot MAGA's & RW wonks initially objected to mask mandates purely out of a "anti-nanny/commie lib'ral" gov't bent....that had NOTHING to do with medical science. True "anti-vaxxers" are a relative minority population who are against any and all vaccines at any age. The people who have legitimate information that questions the changes in immunization loads and contents for kids are NOT anti-vaxxers....the parents who pointed to autism following such changes are NOT anti-vaxxers (hell, their persistent got big pharma to cop to using a toxic derivative of mercury and subsequently removing it). The people who point out that an experimental gene based therapy (no years of research, as the FDA has traditionally done for decades) is NOT a vaccine by original definition (by the by, look into the change in the traditional definition) are NOT "anti-vaxxers". The late Dr. Kary Mullis was NOT an anti-vaxxer.