It signifies weak or complicit people. Anyone with a lick of sense knew from the onset that masks would not help in any way. To the contrary, people are getting injured and or sick from them.
I have worn industrial respirators off & on for decades. They will filter out aerosols that the virus travel in . However surgical masks are not P100(filter99.97% of aerosols/particulates ) rated respirators. The govt. types can’t get on the same sheet of music from one week to the next & can’t figure out why they are viewed with skepticism. Proper respirators will work combined with disinfection practises & social distancing at places of bussines as for people not knowing the proper way to wear a respirator the military has literally taught 10’s of millions of service members how to wear gas masks since WW1 & YouTube has videos you can watch .It is not that complicated folks!!!