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Face masks. They’re on most of our minds (and faces) these days. From simple surgical masks and super-expensive masks to DIY solutions, it seems that nearly everyone has at least one mask to protect them from the coronavirus when they go outside. However, some people are facing this crisis in style and have designed incredibly creative and unique face masks. While others are going for pop culture references with their own masks.
Bored Panda has collected some of the most awesome face masks that people are wearing or made with their own two hands, so scroll down, upvote your faves, and let us know in the comments which ones you loved the most! (My personal favorite is the Facehugger one from Alien.)
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Bored Panda spoke with Cristina Rodo about her awesome Facehugger mask. According to her, she made the mask to participate in the coronavirus mask competition from Fiberart Fever. "It took me about three all days to do. It's wet felted and then needle felted, for the details."
"After I submitted it for the competition, I shared it on several art groups and people went absolutely crazy (in one of them I already had 3k likes and counting). I wasn't really expecting that.
Most people think it's real cool. Many say they are scared/repulsed by the it, but still admire it. It's supposed to be scary, it's a life sucker, like the virus itself."
"No Mask? No Problem
A guy who used to work in the movie FX industry made himself a mask for the pandemic. I think it looks awesome."
Cristina revealed that she's a big fan of the Alien movies and of movies in general.
"The quarantine hasn't affected me that much since I already worked from home, I'm a fiber artist. Still working, like usual. Now my husband and (big) kid are grounded too, but we all get along very well so it's peaceful," she told us about how her family's dealing with the quarantine.
Common sense dictates that any mask is better than no mask, right? When it comes to protecting yourself during the pandemic, it’s better to be safe than sorry. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t look cool and majestic! From witch doctor masks to artistic masterpieces, people are showing a lot of creativity even when things are looking grim.
But do face masks really work against the coronavirus and do they protect you? A lot of countries believe so. For instance, some places like Lombardy, in Italy, made wearing face masks mandatory. Meanwhile, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend people at least wear “cloth face coverings” when they’re outside. The CDC even posted instructions on how to make them.
South Korean solution to drink while wearing masks.
Part of the reason why there are recommendations to wear DIY face masks is to make sure that US medical workers get access to the limited supply of protective equipment. Simply put, some doctors and nurses are using their own homemade masks at the moment. But they need real equipment because they’re on the frontlines in the fight against Covid-19.
Paul Hunter at the University of East Anglia and his colleagues analyzed 31 studies about how effective face masks are. “Our view is that there was some evidence of a degree of protection, but it wasn’t great. So we still don’t effectively know if face masks in the community work,” he said. Though the findings are inconclusive, I’ll repeat myself: it’s better to be safe than sorry. So get working on those unique face masks, dear Pandas!
"Sf, Ca artist creates realistic-looking custom respirator masks that unlocks Iphones"
When face recognition for your phone is a priority, you know your life is messed up.
When you ask that nigerian prince for a picture to prove he's real before sending money. (DON'T ACTUALLY DO THIS)
"Finished up my custom respirator today."
I feel distracted.... Not focusing on the mask too much because the hair are hiding it, maybe.
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I seriously doubt the functionality of some of these masks.
same
Yeah me too.
Yeah, but they look awesome
So what? It's better than no mask, It's not like you can just go to the store and BUY a mask!
Unless you have a tight seal around the whole mask, they will not be of much help.
Depends on what the goal is. To protect you from infection - for that they need not only a tight seal but also a material with according filtration capability, depending on virus concentration FFP1, 2 or 3. But wearing a mask reduces the risk to infect others by a lot. So if everybody wears a mask it protects - everybody. Also wearing any mask prevents the one wearing it from touching his mouth or nose with his fingers.
steven, filtration quality doesn't matter that much with the self made masks, it just requires any fabric that is enough to disrupt the airflow and catching the bigger water droplets. It's about reducing the risk not eliminating it and any fabric in front of the mouth does reduce the risk for others - still keep a distance though that is absolutely required.
Magpie even if you touch the mask it prevents your hands to get in contact with your mucosa in the mouth or nose reducing the risk of infection dramatically. You stated blow "wash your hands" yes you should do that but the main cause of infection is breathing in air droplets from infected people close to you. Also you can't get infected trough skin, the virus can't penetrate it. So you could run around with the virus on the hands for hours as long as you have no open wound and don't touch your face it's no problem, just clean everything you touched to avoid re-contamination.
Bless you, Mathias. There are a lot of people complaining about the social expectation to wear a mask, ignoring their civic duty to do so because it isn't fun. If we can reduce the spread by 80-90%, as the estimate currently stands, we are doing pretty darn well, imho. The inconvenience of wearing a mask should be more than worth it if you can save the life of just one person - babies, the elderly and those with immune deficiency are the most at risk. Don't they deserve your minor discomfort if it means they get to keep their lives? Wouldn't you feel deserving of the same?
Lot of people touch their faces AND the masks without realising they are doing it. Actually can increase their risk doing this.
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so you are breathing through a piece of fabric with highly dubious filtration (and hygiene) qualities that may be contaminated from touching it. Good one.
Not much = Some. Some is better than none. Next complaint?
There is zero evidence that wearing a mask increases the risk of anything. There is a significant amount of evidence that masks WILL help prevent spread of viruses. As SciFi Timewarp stated: not much = some; some is better than none. And so far the evidence suggests that "some" is 80-90%. So, almost as effective as a condom.
Can actually make the situation worse. As people fiddle with the masks. And get over confident. Wash Your Hands.
a tight seal? aren't they at the aquarium?
IDK how well these masks would protect anyone from any virus, but the imaginations are wonderful!
I seriously doubt the functionality of some of these masks.
same
Yeah me too.
Yeah, but they look awesome
So what? It's better than no mask, It's not like you can just go to the store and BUY a mask!
Unless you have a tight seal around the whole mask, they will not be of much help.
Depends on what the goal is. To protect you from infection - for that they need not only a tight seal but also a material with according filtration capability, depending on virus concentration FFP1, 2 or 3. But wearing a mask reduces the risk to infect others by a lot. So if everybody wears a mask it protects - everybody. Also wearing any mask prevents the one wearing it from touching his mouth or nose with his fingers.
steven, filtration quality doesn't matter that much with the self made masks, it just requires any fabric that is enough to disrupt the airflow and catching the bigger water droplets. It's about reducing the risk not eliminating it and any fabric in front of the mouth does reduce the risk for others - still keep a distance though that is absolutely required.
Magpie even if you touch the mask it prevents your hands to get in contact with your mucosa in the mouth or nose reducing the risk of infection dramatically. You stated blow "wash your hands" yes you should do that but the main cause of infection is breathing in air droplets from infected people close to you. Also you can't get infected trough skin, the virus can't penetrate it. So you could run around with the virus on the hands for hours as long as you have no open wound and don't touch your face it's no problem, just clean everything you touched to avoid re-contamination.
Bless you, Mathias. There are a lot of people complaining about the social expectation to wear a mask, ignoring their civic duty to do so because it isn't fun. If we can reduce the spread by 80-90%, as the estimate currently stands, we are doing pretty darn well, imho. The inconvenience of wearing a mask should be more than worth it if you can save the life of just one person - babies, the elderly and those with immune deficiency are the most at risk. Don't they deserve your minor discomfort if it means they get to keep their lives? Wouldn't you feel deserving of the same?
Lot of people touch their faces AND the masks without realising they are doing it. Actually can increase their risk doing this.
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so you are breathing through a piece of fabric with highly dubious filtration (and hygiene) qualities that may be contaminated from touching it. Good one.
Not much = Some. Some is better than none. Next complaint?
There is zero evidence that wearing a mask increases the risk of anything. There is a significant amount of evidence that masks WILL help prevent spread of viruses. As SciFi Timewarp stated: not much = some; some is better than none. And so far the evidence suggests that "some" is 80-90%. So, almost as effective as a condom.
Can actually make the situation worse. As people fiddle with the masks. And get over confident. Wash Your Hands.
a tight seal? aren't they at the aquarium?
IDK how well these masks would protect anyone from any virus, but the imaginations are wonderful!