How many studies do you want?

The biggest study was Florida vs New York and it failed to produce any meaningful difference. Also a few studies does not mean the conclusion they draw are accurate. There are a few studies the point to the opposite of yours, that are just as credible, if not more.

And the virus doesn't crawl around by itself - it's carried in the water droplets.

Actually it is also spread with aerosols, which are much finer than water droplets caused by coughing and such. They are fine enough to penetrate the mask, which is easily self observed if you wear a mask in the cold. read this if you need a study first result in google. Also what happens to the virus when the moisture evaporates? Does it disappear? Surely it wouldn't just dislodge from the mask now would it?

That's simply wrong. They're for sale at every hardware store in the country.

uh, no duh, that's where they always are, for when you are using them for their intended task of filtering fine sanding particles and such. but I'll say this for the millionth time, nobody ever provided or mandated the n95 mask during the pandemic.