N95 is not a surgical mask. That one is a professional respirator. Yet infection can enter via eyes, so one has to wear airtight glasses as well to be sure.
Surgical mask looks like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgical_mask
There is no respirator embedded as you can see, it's just a simple piece of fabric.
The point of my original reply was that we could reduce R0/transmission rate only if everybody had to wear surgical mask in public. If you are the only one wearing it, it doesn't really help. Some EU countries now require everybody to wear a mask while shopping or using public transport.
Which EU countries? I have not heard this before.
Both parts of the former Czechoslovakia come to mind:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Prague/comments/fkdxvj/face_masks_n...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/opinion/coronavirus-face-...
If everybody in the US could wear one of these when out in public, we would be in a much better place. The sad truth is we don't have enough to do that, not that this would not help.