Okay assuming the virus is airborne, what guarantee do random passers-by have that the military-supplied surgical masks are sanitary? Were the soldier’s hands clean when he put on the gloves? Could there be virus in the air as the masks sit unwrapped and are handed to the public? Assuming they were available, the people would be better off purchasing their own masks from the drug store rather than having them handed to them on street corners as though they were propaganda leaflets.