Does anyone else take offense of stylizing covid masks?

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I sewed together a few dozen masks that I donated to first responders in my area. I had to take what I could get for materials in some occasions, but tried using color schemes suck as black, bright orange and multi-cam as much as possible. The attention to using the desired colors as much as possible made them more appreciated because many of the people receiving them were into hunting and fishing got a bonus as something else to wear into a tree stand in addition to the main reason for making them.

I do find stylized masks odd, perhaps in bad taste, maybe even offensive.

They exist. The people who wear them under the nose atop the beard also exist. It is all frustrating to me, more so today after reading about the once again rising rates of infection. The dearth of reliable scientific information about the virus and it's potential to cause long term injury if not death is also very frustrating. I use N95 masks left over from a preemptive mask order during the Fukishima melt down. Those 3M masks are now worn out and very used. The new ones available to buy are untested, not from 3M and who knows if they perform to the N95 standard. Hopefully better than nothing. It is all surreal. People's utter denial and inability to understand self protection and herd safety is also frustrating.
Thanks for listening:)

So if I wear a black or a white mask it's not offensive but add some colour and then it will be offensive. I'll stick to my white mask then, if it will make you happy.

I don't find "stylized COVID masks" offensive in the least.

People are trying to make the best of a bad situation. What's wrong with that?

I just wear regular masks, personally-----but if somebody wants to look stylish with a mask, then I say "go for it!"

It's true that most masks don't offer optimal protection against someone getting COVID, or someone passing COVID to someone else.

There are and have been t-shirts mocking Coronavirus.
Have been, since it was first recognized and given a name.
There are some REALLY funny ones available on the Internet.
I see it as bravado.
I do respect that someone may sincerely be offended.
Like decorated masks, whatever helps you keep your spirits up.

It's a growing trend to match mask styles with clothing/fashion styles.

The Israeli luxury jewelry brand Yvel recently unveiled the world’s "most expensive" COVID-19 face mask with the price tag set at $1.5 million.



The face mask has 250 grams of pure 18-karat gold and 3,608 diamonds weighing a combined 210 carats.

Source: Jeweler creates world's 'most expensive' coronavirus face mask for $1.5 million

Not really, I think if anything it just helps normalize them and people are trying to make the best of having to wear them.

Dont understand taking offense at it.

I especially like it when you see folks at Trump rallies with MAGA slogans on their masks.

We all KNOW that Covid doesnt exist, and that its just a hoax cooked up by the Dems to discredit Trump. So wearing an anti covid mask with a pro Trump slogan on it is...self contradictory!

No.

I’m fine with it. Having fun and making it fashionable encourages mask wearing.

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No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

Not at all. As a matter of fact, my mom has made some cloth masks
that are stylized for me and my NT sister.

I may post some pics of me wearing one soon.