One of the guests at the Thanksgiving I attended was a woman who had been brought along by someone else. She spent the entire time behind her mask, with brief times with it pulled down so that she could eat (she was the only one masked and I really thought it strange she would dare eat next to us unmasked sorts). Toward the end of the gathering she waxed teary, nearly ready to cry as she expressed fear that as a (legal, long term) immigrant she might be hauled away in the night by Orange Hitler. The hysteria was palpable. And this woman is not dumb by any means- I had to get out of there early because I wanted to talk her down but didn't want to get into a political discussion at the holiday.

I've since seen a couple of tictoks made by holier than thou types who have decided that masking is some kind of communion-esque rite that makes one morally superior to others. Yeah, it's a religion at this point.