UK hasn't yet gone as fascistically batshit crazy as the ANZAC world but they wanna, oh how they wanna! On the 'mask' issue, I simply say 'I am exempt' and folk either nod and accept or else grunt grudgingly. I've never yet had a customer mention masks to me. My exemption is self-issued - my entitlement upon doing my own 'risk assessment' as a sovereign being!
I acknowledge how shit it is to be ostracised and targeted with brutal propaganda - both on and off chain :/. The VYB looks good and I also came across this which might interest you if you haven't already seen mention of it:
https://peakd.com/hive-167922/@v4vapid/re-ura-soul-r3up4w