Multiple new 3-pack of Michigan anti-Covid masks now available
Was only a matter of time before we got the Michigan-branded masks.
They're a pre-order anticipated to ship on June 1. BUT, I bought the plain Maize and Blue masks a month ago and they said May 1 on their ship date but we received them a few days ago.
$25 from Foco and Valiant
They also have these if these are more your style.
$12.95
Forgot to add links.
In the description it says the masks have slots for disposable filters.
https://www.mden.com/product/Valiant_University_of_Michigan_Classic_Design_Facemasks?VG2000+1014
https://www.mden.com/product/Valiant_University_of_Michigan_Themed_Design_Facemasks?VG2002+1014
April 30th, 2020 at 12:34 AM ^
April 30th, 2020 at 10:14 AM ^
What kind of person brings such a bad attitude and negative energy during a time of crisis? We get things aren't going very well in your life right now but you can choose to be less hostile.
I would've been very disappointed had this not been a post from WD. Thank you for meeting our expectations re: posts related to U of M gear.
this is the content we want; the content we need...
The neck thingy IS more my style. I like.
The scarf or...
The scarf is not bad either!
I will be buying none of these but I do like them. I especially like the one that says Michigan. Simple, classic.
Hopefully by June 1st we wont need these .
WIshful thinking though im sure
There is no such thing as an "anti-covid" mask. However you stand on the issue of covering your face, let's please understand that these things aren't magic, won't prevent infection by the wearer (they're not even intended to do that), and are no replacement for sanitary behavior (wash your hands).
You are correct and don't forget that without eye pro, wearing an eye/nose mask, even a proper fitting N95, is meaningless. Virus can infect you via your eyes.
While that too is accurate, these are not for procreating you, but for procreating those around you.
Your auto-correct is taking you from protecting to procreating both times. What the hell do you text about all day?
April 30th, 2020 at 12:08 AM ^
Ummm if a piece of cloth cannot filter down to 3-5 microns, the virus can both ways... so it's not about at all protecting those around you. It's health care theater.
April 30th, 2020 at 12:49 AM ^
The virus (while small, ~60nm) is aerosolized within water droplets on the order of microns - not free floating on its own. The mesh of any fabric, while never 100% effective, still helps tremendously (and is much better than nothing).
Wearing a mask is a great way to slow pathogens down. If they're inbound, they're slowed and then deposit themselves in the wearer's mouth and thus accomplish nothing; or, they collect on the mask, which is then taken home, touched, and the infection is spread. If they're outbound, they're slowed and may not reach as far as they otherwise would -- or, fewer copies of the virus might do so, anyway.
This is why surgeons wear masks -- to protect their immunocompromised patients, not themselves. It is also why you see stories about health care workers getting this disease despite the precautions they're taking.
There is an argument to be made for the "masks protect everybody except for the wearer" point of view. I don't personally think the benefit is worth the societal cost of going around hiding our faces all the time, but it's at least a discussion that can be had. Based on my observations, though, people who wear masks seem to think that they're protecting themselves. And it leads to disregarding the other, more useful advice: stay away from infected people to the extent possible, and wash your hands frequently.
April 30th, 2020 at 10:32 AM ^
It's not an all-or-nothing dichotomy. The fact that a mask is not 100% effective at stopping transmission does not imply that it is 0%. Washing your hands isn't 100% effective either. Staying 6 feet apart isn't 100% effective. The only thing that is 100% effective is staying home all day, isolated from everyone else, and we can't do that forever.
If we're going to go back into the world and interact, we have to find ways to chip away at the virus's R0. Masks are one way of doing that. By retaining some of the droplets you expel, it reduces the amount that gets through to the air, and that does make some difference.
Masks help prevent your own pathogens from infecting other people. That's the point people miss. When you sneeze/cough/etc. into a mask, it blocks some of the droplets from getting out. If enough other people wear masks, that's where you benefit.
April 30th, 2020 at 10:07 AM ^
Or while wearing it with a massive beard
Foco and Valiant trying to profit off a pandemic with over priced masks.
No, masks are going to be around for awhile. When games are reopened to fans I bet you'll see people in masks.
Masks will be required in many places till a vaccine. Many public places already requiring it. If you think they won’t be your living under a rock.
Barring an emergency, businesses that are afraid of my custom do not deserve it and will not have it. Attending a Michigan game does not constitute an emergency, so, if you're right, I'll stay home this year. (My city has a mask ordinance for the time being, so I've had to switch to shopping online entirely).
BTW, I wish everyone would please stop using the phrase "'til a vaccine." Medicine does not work like that. It is entirely possible that no vaccine will ever be developed, and our plans should allow for that possibility.
Games reopen? Sure. If people are 6 feet apart wearing masks and curve has greatly decreased.
April 29th, 2020 at 10:40 PM ^
You wear yours, I'll wear mine...
April 29th, 2020 at 11:01 PM ^
Maize to 'orangey' in that third mask...
Just kidding.
Is the 5G being potentially related to people getting sick really JUST conspiracy theory?
I think, this needs to start being talked about.
April 30th, 2020 at 10:08 AM ^
I hope this is/s!
April 30th, 2020 at 11:08 AM ^
But if it's not conspiracy theory
Then what? How do we not sit down with our loved ones and start to talk about it?
April 30th, 2020 at 11:29 AM ^
I regularly talk to my children about people like you and the total ineffectiveness of tinfoil hats.
April 30th, 2020 at 12:16 PM ^
I know you are lost and so behind the times.
But that's ok. We will be here for you waiting.
Trust me when I say, I have a VERY specific and legitimate reason why I'm raising this potential issue. It's too early to know anything for sure, but I do have a reason why I'm bringing this up.
Hint
Not just because I read something online.
April 30th, 2020 at 12:40 PM ^
Oh, you own stock in companies committed to the older 4G technology!
Now I understand your "VERY specific and legitimate reason" for spreading nonsensical disinformation about 5G.
April 30th, 2020 at 11:44 AM ^
Here, allow me to start the conversation on your behalf.
"Hi. I don't understand the first thing about medicine, virology, technology, causation, coincidence, or conspiracies. I'm guilty of spreading ridiculous theories under the guise of 'discussion,' even though I'm incapable of understanding the things that I'm saying. I read what others write on the internet, no matter how unhinged, and I regurgitate it without further thought. My ignorance is a net negative to society, as even if I choose not to act upon my deranged misinformation, other people may be more prone to overt idiocy. I need help."
If you're lucky, maybe somebody will take pity on you and help you avoid making a fool out of yourself in the future.
April 30th, 2020 at 12:18 PM ^
I'm paying very close attention to posters who are running a certain narrative repeatedly.
And both of you are among them
April 30th, 2020 at 12:31 PM ^
What narrative?! I think you have me confused with somebody else.
5G mobile networks do not cause viral infection. Unless you think that they're busy putting up 5G towers in places like rural Albany, Georgia, or on cruise ships in the middle of the ocean.
You're confusing temporal correlation with causation. The fact that something happens at, or around, the same time does not mean that one caused the other.
April 30th, 2020 at 12:52 PM ^
J.--- I just found something you'd probably be interested in, recent video footage of HotRoute6, complete with his tinfoil hat. He's apparently quite paranoid and preparing to be kidnapped by aliens or liberals or the thought police.
They're coming to take him away haha...
Very nice. Wifey and I would wear one of these in Maine for sure.
Where can I get the filters?