It is a big deal from the little non-baseball throwing health dictator that has ran the country crazy for months. You are out in public. Either do what you tell others to do or dont. That is the big deal here.
Dude, you are wound too tight about this.
You could appreciate that he has a pragmatic, and not dogmatic, approach to this. You should appreciate that the health dictator has some common sense and realizes when masks are appropriate and when they are unnecessary.