One passenger, who got off the service on Thursday told the MEN: "I was sat on the tram and a guy got on at Queen's Road wearing a blue face mask with an industrial gas mask over the top of that.

In the United States, men appear to be less willing to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, with research reporting they do not intend to wear masks as much as women (Capraro and Barcelo, 2020).