Face masks are beneficial unless you actually READ the science which shows that cloth masks, in controlled clinical trials, HAVE NO EFFECT (save the psychological effects desired to demonstrate acquiescence). Dr. C. Raina MacIntyre has spent over a decade doing randomized trials and CANNOT, for the life of her and her team, get any trial to demonstrate benefits of masks on healthy OR infirm populations.
And then there's this from Swiss Policy Research. Facts to prove why it's time to reopen Virginia....nay the entire country, NOW!
As others have said, the original goals of flattening the curve and preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed have been more than met.