Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - V

[Son of Cain]

I'm just wondering if it's me who has got the Government message wrong as I can't understand why everyone in Corrie wears a mask when they are not near anyone else, but then takes it off when they get close up and talk to people.....

I have been wondering the same thing. Like Perdita I thought it might be be to enable lip readers and clear speech, but sometimes they converse for quite a long time before taking their masks off, so that part of the conversation is lost to lip readers, and quality of speech does not seem to be affected by the masks. Does the director decide when they come off or is it left to the actor to, remove them as they see fit. It seems that the use of masks is just to recognize that Covid exists but not in a realistic way.