I think some of the providers still wearing them as a personal bubble between them and clients. One of my regular therapeutic providers & I chatted about it. Sue essentially said she was shy and felt comfy behind it. That very well could be cultural.
It wouldn't bother me if I didn't think it was a problem. Kids in Canada last year were complaining about feeling like they had hair in their throat. When they checked the masks these kids were wearing all day, they discovered that fibers from the mask were entering their throats and ultimately their lungs. And since these fibers are not organic, they never go away. And to ad insult to injury, many of these masks were manufactured using fiber glass. If anyone disbelieves the fibers come free from a mask that is always being touched, put in pockets etc., take a glass slide and make sure it is clean. Then hold a mask over the slide and handle it a little over the slide. Now get a microscope and view the slide. Yes they are microscopic fibers but can you see viruses? How bad are they?
Interestingly enough you did not see anyone talking about mask fibers after that. Imagine what would have happened to forcing mask wearing if this info was more diligently studied scientifically. Anyone want to guess what the size of the Covid virus is compared to that of Oxygen or Carbon Dioxide? How about 1/3 smaller. So unless you took a picture of the virus, pasted it to your mask, drew a circle around it and then put a diagonal line through the circle, how would the virus know not to leave or not to enter? Just saying.