A large portion of the world already wears masks regularly in the form of niqabs. I’m sure there’s some research out there on niqab-wearing that could help support or falsify some of your hypotheses. It may be worth looking into if you are interested in pursuing this question further. For future posts on this I would also be interested in what you think would be most likely to lead to most of the world wearing masks. I think that would shape a lot of how masks are used and the effects and social connotations that they have.
A large portion of the world already wears masks regularly in the form of niqabs. I’m sure there’s some research out there on niqab-wearing that could help support or falsify some of your hypotheses. It may be worth looking into if you are interested in pursuing this question further. For future posts on this I would also be interested in what you think would be most likely to lead to most of the world wearing masks. I think that would shape a lot of how masks are used and the effects and social connotations that they have.