Yes, that is all those masks are good for.
Theater.
BTW, those blue masks are used in operating rooms for one reason.
To catch the spit droplets as the doctors and nurses are talking over your opened body.
Viruses are too small to be caught by them, even by the N95 masks.
I guessing because it’s a chain PT company, the orders came down from the top, but the folks running this place are pretty clear it’s bogus.