Confused Man Wears Mask In Spite of Having Had Virus Months Ago Muzzled sheepdog looks bewildered. Where's his owner gone? This picture really does take the biscuit. Why is Boris bothering to wear a mask when he cannot possibly be infectious or catch COVID-19, having had the virus and recovered. Like me, he has the antibodies. Nicola Sturgeon may have made mask wearing in shops mandatory in Scotland on Friday, but no such rule applies in Uxbridge. So what is the big man thinking? Is this a signal that he's about to follow in Sturgeon's footsteps? The Mail seems to think so. In the early days of the outbreak the UK Government argued that scientific evidence that the masks reduced transmission of the airborne virus was "weak".But rules requiring people to wear face masks on public transport in England came into effect on 15 June.On Friday Mr Johnson said "the balance of scientific opinion seems to have shifted more in favour of them than it was, and we're very keen to follow that"."I do think we need to be stricter in insisting people wear face coverings in confined spaces where they are meeting people they don't normally meet."We are looking at ways of making sure that people really do have face coverings in shops, for instance, where there is a ...