Yes It's also 'tribal signalling' -- if you wear a mask you are signalling that you are NOT a 'questioner', or Trump supporter.    It doesn't necessarily mean you are in the Deepstate sympathetic Tribe, the NPCs, the normies, the leftards; but it def means you aren't a VOATer, Qanon person, or thedonald.win / thedon redditor  I ddid NOT fault anyone who wore a mask before I knew about the above.  I was convinced my family was correct that masks stop like 70% of vapor and that's enough to provide some semblance of safety.  And maybe it does reduce airborne droplets, but only if someone is sniffing an sneezing a lot And if you are, in this climate, you should stay home or take an antihistimine if it's allergies It's NOT like Allergies, the flu or any other normal stuff ceased to exist because of COVID19