So, was watching NCAA Div2 wrestling on ESPN the other day. The guys would go at it ... no mask. Sweating, Breathing, sometimes bleeding on each other. At the end of the match, if you have ever seen a high school or college wresting match, the guys shake hands. It's a sign of sportsmanship and respect. Nope ... not this time. They did a 'fist bump'. I looked up why. NCAA rules prohibit athletes from shaking hands due to the Covid. No shit. You can't make that shit up.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT SAFETY.
THIS IS ABOUT CONTROL.
Good points and to add to the want to be free from facial recognition point; if I were big tech now would be the perfect time to perfect facial recognition by eyes and head alone. They could easily be using the masks as a way to dial in machine learned facial recognition AI in case of masked rebellion in the future.