As the coronavirus and lockdowns have spread around the world, more and more articles, videos and tweets discussing the virus have also gradually captured people’s eyeballs. If you ask me what the virus initially reminds me of, I’ll shout out: the mask! When history looks back at the 2020 trend, those white or blue rectangles that cover the mouths and noses, turning everyone into a muzzled animal, will be what we see. Now, pictures of people wearing face masks appear in almost every news story about the virus, whether on the front page or on social media. If there is a symbol of the current anxiety and misinformation generated by…