Driving alone in a car with a mask on is pretty pointless, but I haven't seen people do that since the height of the pandemic, personally. Probably still happens, but certainly doesn't seem anything on a "mass psychosis" level.

On the other hand, I drove with a mask on a few times - but that's when I was sick and attempting to reduce the chances of getting family members present in the car sick too.

I'd do it when I had several stops to make. No point taking it off and potentially contaminating my hands just to put it back on again. I suspect that accounts for many others doing so too.

I've driven around with my mask on. You're busy and having worn it for hours already you dont really think or notice it, until you do half way to your destination type thing.

Aligning someone wearing a mask in their car to so mass brainwashing, Id suspect its more likely an innocent reason such as mine vs people thinking they need to wear it in a car.

There's really not much information in just seeing that situation. When I drove for 2min between a supermarket and a clinic, I didn't bother taking it off for example. (Also a good idea not to touch it anyway) You'll need to actually have the context of why they have it on.

If you ask them they always have a reason but the real reason is that they're irrationally afraid of a now-endemic virus that they've probably already been exposed to. If you're not ripping the mask off first chance you get it's most likely because it gives you psychological comfort like a blankey or a teddy bear.

edit: and that would be fine if you assholes hadn't spent two years shaming people that they were killing grandma because they didn't want to wear these inneffectual face blankets. They don't work, they never worked. Their only effect is to make neurotic people feel better and/or superior. So it's no surprise that, lo and behold, 'long covid' is actually just neuroticism.

> If you're not ripping the mask off first chance you get it's most likely because it gives you psychological comfort like a blankey or a teddy bear.

Or maybe their sister has an autoimmune disease and their mother just had open heart surgery. For fucks sake you don't know what's going on in other people's lives.

How does that prove anything?

Maybe it's not their car, or some other passengers just got our, etc. Etc.

Maybe nobody cared who they were until they put on the mask. It doesn't matter who they are, what matters is their plan...