We’ve seen some weird things when masks come together with musical instruments. Remember in 2021 when they stuck all of the school band members in little green tents?
This is a high school band practice in Wenatchee,WA pic.twitter.com/q2prCJemX0
— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) February 24, 2021
And then there were the school concerts where they just cut holes in the masks for anyone playing a wind instrument.
Jennifer Lloyd wanted help dispelling the myth that “all who wear masks always feel confident doing so.”
Dispel the myth that all who wear masks always feel confident doing so.
I confess freely: It's getting harder & harder for me to wear my N95 when fewer & fewer people are doing the same. I increasingly feel self-conscious.
I just prefer health to illness. So I dig deep. Onward.
— Jennifer Lloyd, Ph.D. (@JEVLloyd) July 16, 2022
Lloyd got some backup from Brad Siroky, who proved that if he can wear a mask, anyone can:
https://twitter.com/BradSiroky/status/1548136393183875072
I would love to see how you do that. Any videos on YouTube?
— Rootless Cosmopolitan (@Linda_Eff) July 16, 2022
https://twitter.com/BradSiroky/status/1548139264625373192
But …
Mask on the end of your trumpet too?
— Krēft (@04cd582aee92459) July 16, 2022
You got a filter on that horn?
— Chuck (@StilltheWarlord) July 16, 2022
Don't you need to put a mask on the end of the trumpet, too? Or what's the point?
— William Huggins (@BillHuggins1937) July 16, 2022
We watched his YouTube video and we didn’t see him stick a mask on the bell of his trumpet, but he is indeed double-masked while playing. He’s got the surgical mask with a hold in it over the N95 mask with a hole in it.
This is so entirely ridiculous
— J Millus 🇺🇸 (@J_Millus_MT) July 16, 2022
As a trumpet player myself. I can say with confidence that you cannot play with those masks on.
— Deltadawn59 (@Deltadawn591) July 16, 2022
I have never worn a mask whilst playing my trumpet & neither have any of my other band members, it's pointless.
— Marie sod the Rules 🌸💜🏴 (@MarieParrish) July 16, 2022
What about the "spit valve?" What do you do with that? Does it have its own mask?
— Stephany Oakley (@stephany_oakley) July 16, 2022
Dude your musical instrument negates the mask.
— Robert (@IgG1purifier) July 16, 2022
So the air you spit through the trumpet goes where exactly?
— fungster 🇨🇦 (@fungster117) July 16, 2022
Virtue +10
— Praetor (@Praetor_V) July 16, 2022
If you actually cared, you’d quit playing. Learn a string instrument so you don’t blow your infection all over the confined space.
— Doctor Holliday (@RowdySpringer) July 16, 2022
— TacticalBeagles ✝️🇺🇸🦮🐍🏴☠️ (@TacticalBeagles) July 16, 2022
You’re still blowing your breath through a horn. Except it’s reaching others faster because of the velocity. Great work.
— Kent Moore (@kentrmoore) July 16, 2022
This is – without a doubt – the most perfect encapsulation of the stupidity and illogic of mask wearing that was ever seen.
— Diana Villiers (@DianaVilliers1) July 16, 2022
Why did you feel the need to take that picture? Are you looking for woke upvotes in real life?
— Bad Mustache Man (@KKlownius) July 16, 2022
Not going to lie, I'm actually impressed that you can play a trumpet while double masked. As far as wearing one myself, I'm not going to. But, if it helps you feel safe, you go ahead and do it. Just don't expect others to wear them just because you scold them.
— Sinsarift (@sinsarift) July 16, 2022
This is what Mass Formation Psychosis looks like in the flesh. SMH
— Brian Moore (@bamoore) July 16, 2022
That’s just sad.
— Amy Halaburda (@mrshalaburda) July 16, 2022
How are you not blowing air out????
— Peter (@P_Ski18) July 16, 2022
Please seek help. My lord.
— AngryCat (@HermionesFury) July 16, 2022
This is so sad.. I feel really sorry for you.. this is no life.. stay strong man
— sitting_like_L (@das_sawyer19l) July 16, 2022
Uh, yeah, no ..
— Stephen Sterns (@SHSterns) July 16, 2022
— just some indian guy (@i_like_jalebi) July 16, 2022
That seems risky. You should just stay home.
— Alan Folt (@Alan__Folt) July 16, 2022
Seriously. Are they actually packing audiences into Carnegie Hall? That sounds like a super-spreader event.
Remember the previous times we all wore them and it ended the COVID pandemic?
— Jurasskick (@jurasskick) July 16, 2022
Related:
‘Can someone please explain this?’ School band members play instruments through holes cut in surgical masks https://t.co/Du9uQ2E65M
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 2, 2021
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