Probably some of it has to do with the inconvenience of having to cover/remove constantly. The more you touch the mask, the more contaminated it gets, best (some think) to just put it on and leave it there. I don't see many people in enclosed vehicles with friends/family ("social bubble"?) wearing them, but taxi/Lyft/Uber drivers have to. As for walkers/joggers, same thing, most are barefaced until they get within the regular 30 feet/2 car lengths of a stranger, then on goes the mask.
So I had the weirdest experience this week.
I had just parked my car, in my own space, and gotten out. I had my mask in one hand, and a bag of tools in the other, when this guy, across the street, 30 feet away, starts yelling at me to “put your mask on”.
I should have been kinder. I could have been kinder. But somehow, some of the frustration with these morons leaked out, and I found that my command of certain pithy Anglo-Saxon words was undiminished. I think I might just have made my old DI proud, bless his crusty heart.
Dude actually called the cops, and I was so entertained that I waited for them. They were chill, and rolled their eyes when they explained to the poor sod that even in Cali, there is no mask mandate out of doors “unless it’s impossible to maintain 6’ of social distance”.
People are on edge though, and I’ve resolved to try to be better if/when a similar opportunity arises in the future.