About 7 months ago I showcased my custom-blinged swine flu masks in a video:
I wish I had another video to share. Alas, I do not. I know this is disappointing and I promise I will not make a habit of such things *feels self-important*. I do have a couple of pictures of new masks… one is a re-make of the famous and favorite army men mask that my husband made himself under my critical watchful creative eye(s)… and the other, well just another brilliant maniacal creation of my mind. We wore these on Halloween.
Here’s my husband’s interpretation of the army men mask:
Ain’t no fool swine flu gettin’ all up in theh, yo.
This next one was more genius than I gave myself credit for. In my mind, I envisioned the swine flu virus just being scared by all the sharp points on the following mask:
What I didn’t know, until I started walking along the streets, meetin’ mah public where they at… I didn’t anticipate that no one would want to come near me.
No one.
Within the first two minutes of bein’ out in my public, one woman… eyes opened wide in horror… saw me… backed away and yelped, “OH MY GAH! WHAT ISssss THAT?”
I get that a lot.
For the rest of my trick-or-treating evening I was left physically alone. No hugs. No kisses. No hand shakes… not even a high five. No slobbery babies… If you are a recluse – I suggest ordering one of these masks. There is no need to live on a secluded island anymore. A push-pin swine flu mask is all you need to attain the isolation you crave and deserve.
Conclusion: Based on my scientific research, of all the masks I have ever created – I believe this mask to be the most effective at keeping the germies away. Success!
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Still love this video, and while the sparkly/sequinsy (yes that is a word in my house) is my fav – can you actually BREATHE in it? (Which would, of course, mean that you are definitely not inhaling any germies.
Scary!!!Almost like Pinhead from the horror movies. MMMhmmm. Very effective.
i really like the swine flu mask with pins! how did you fix the pins onto the mask, did you use a special glue?
I’m with Michelle! Now I have visions of that creepy blue dude haunting me. I think I would have ran away screaming if you’d approached me on the street. No, I’m sure. Yipe, yipe, yipe.
Still lovin’ my Hula Mask. Still swine flu free, despite those around me being sick with it!
You saved me. I am indebted!
xo, Mango
the glittery shiny ones need tassels!
My brother got infected with H1N1 or Swine Flu in Mexico. He got a mild fever and luckily he did not die.
If you look at the pandemic of 1977, when H1N1 or Swine Flu re-emerged after a 20 year absence, there is no shift in age-related mortality pattern. The 1977 “pandemic” is, of course, not considered a true pandemic by experts today, for reasons that are not entierely consistent. It certainly was an antigenic shift and not an antigenic drift. As far as I have been able to follow the current events, the most significant factor seems to have been that most people, who were severely affected, were people with other medical conditions.
The wearing of a surgical mask is not recommended at this present time, as they do not protect you 100%. Plus, the masks only seem to cause more alarm to other people, as well as panic to smaller children.