Valent refused the vaccine, opting to wear a protective face mask during flu season.

Businessman wearing protective face mask working at his desk.

Walking around without a protective face mask?

Virtually everyone in a public role, from traffic police officers to bank tellers, is wearing a protective face mask.

A woman wears a protective face mask as she walks in Venice, Italy February 24, 2020.

A man wearing a protective face mask travels by train in Tokyo, Japan, February 17, 2020.

A woman wearing a protective face mask walks on London Bridge in London, Britain, March 3, 2020.

In New York, a cop removed a young man's protective face mask and pepper-sprayed him as he held his arms in the air.

Fines of 135 euros were dished out to anyone without a protective face mask in Nice's terrace-lined squares and along the beachfront walkways.

Chelsea striker Diego Costa is expected to face Newcastle in a protective face mask after he broke his nose in training on Thursday.

A woman wearing a protective face mask runs across a street at Shibuya in Tokyo, Japan, February 17, 2020.

Trump was seen wearing a protective face mask as he arrived at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in Lennox Hill late Friday afternoon

A midwife also appeared from a hospital ward on the video-montage, asking whether Kate could tell that she was smiling underneath her protective face mask.

Pulling off the protective face mask, she raced down the corridor and spoke, with as much control as she could muster, toward the nearest omni-pickup.

A man wears protective face mask, following the outbreak of coronavirus, at a supermarket in Baghdad, Iraq February 29, 2020.

A worker wearing a protective face mask walks past the Bank of England in the City of London, Britain, August 6, 2020.