Overall, since late March 2020, between 80% and 90% of U.S. adults consistently have viewed wearing a mask or face covering as an effective way to stay safe from the coronavirus, according to the Understanding Coronavirus in America Tracking Survey, an ongoing nationally representative internet-based panel survey of more than 6,000 people aged 18 and older (see Data Source).
Similarly, about 90% reported wearing a mask in the previous seven days to keep safe from the virus, although there are significant differences by locale, age, gender, race, income, education, and other sociodemographic factors. Generally, people who live in rural areas, are younger, are male, are white, have lower incomes, and have less education are less likely to report wearing masks, the survey found (Figure 1).
Source article: https://healthpolicy.usc.edu/evidence-base/most-u-s-adults-w...
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/opinion/do-mask-mandates-...
Those "1-ply cotton cloths" do little more than prevent police from IDing ANTIFA protesters burning, robbing and generally raise hell in, e.g., Portland, Oregon.
Clean restrooms are something we can do - it only requires will, acceptance, skill and persistence: the will to maintain certain hygeine standards, the acceptance that some tasks are unpleasant yet worthwhile, the cleaning skill (most young'uns don't know how to properly sweep a floor, much less swing a mop) and the persistence to, well, persist!
The reason we can't have nice public bathrooms in the U.S. is because progressive politicians have decided that drug addict vagrants are the one group in society that cannot be allowed to face any repercussions for their actions.
Public bathrooms in conservative suburbs in America are actually fairly nice (as are they in liberal suburbs!). The difference is that the floor price point of living in a suburb keeps out drug addicts and vagrants who would destroy the place instantly.