That's your own problem, and you ought to be ashamed of yourself for spreading misinformation at a time of crisis.
You do realize there are people who can still acquire masks from overseas right..
And yes surgical masks work much better than you describe
Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks
You seem to have conveniently moved the goal post and fail to come up with a rebuttal to your Scandinavian countries doing "well" assertion. I will let that pass I guess.
Anyways your comment about Singapore just shows how ignorant you are about the situations in Asia. Are you assuming all the "Asian countries" are acting and behaving the same way? The prevalence and usage of masks are not the same in these Asian countries and they are not a homogenous entity.
https://scontent.fykz1-1.fna.fbcdn....=c0c50a384ef3801b3e7225e04c8eba29&oe=5EB0E0FB
https://scontent.fykz1-1.fna.fbcdn....=75bfb7540a7902142e2fd42101abe260&oe=5EAEFAB2
These are pictures taken in Singapore on March 28th. The Asian countries where most if not all of its population are wearing masks are Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and South Korea. Even Japan with its low number of cases, doesn't have widespread usage of masks partly due to supply issues. (See I don't cherry pick stats to support my argument). This would also be due to Japan's low number of tests as well.
So 260/1M (BC) is "identical" to 224/1M (Singapore)? That's like saying a 60p player is identical to a 70p player just because the difference is 16%. Very creative usage of that word.
The population density in Singapore is 8,358 per KM^2 vs 5.02 per KM^2 in BC. So a country with a far denser population, with limited usage of masks, is still doing better than BC by a wide margin.
(I am guessing you might argue that most of BC's population are centred around GVR.. I am going to save you the trouble by telling you Singapore still has a significantly higher population density.)