You're just very confused + have a pet peeve about masks, thinking it's some kind of rebellion against government.
What we're following with respect to masks and social distancing is expert advise. Again, I was wearing my masks while going out before it was mandated by any government. Wearing a mask to prevent spread of disease isn't new, it's actually very old. The notion that the free world is going to end because we temporarily need to wear masks is crazy talk.
Government also told us to inject clorox, most sane people I know didn't follow suit, and I don't think anybody, me included, was ok with that. Not expert advise.
So, yeah, this is all about surviving and temporarily adapting to live in a world with a pandemic. I can't tell you with 100% certainty this will come to pass, but I do think odds are pretty good, as we've always managed so far to go back to normal in previous pandemics at some point in time. A working vaccine or medicine will accelerate that process.
There's a million ways to protest the government with civil disobedience that doesn't involve spreading disease to your fellow citizens. That's just being a bag.