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Piers Morgan slams ‘creepy’ coronavirus mask that lets you eat while wearing it
PIERS Morgan blasted a coronavirus mask that lets wearers eat while wearing it as the "creepiest thing I've ever seen".
A clip of the mask, which was invention by an Israeli company, was show in action on today's Good Morning Britain, but Piers wasn't impressed.
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Susanna Reid explained: "This is the mask that's been invented so you can dine out then you sort of unzip it..."
The man wearing the mask squeezed a lever to open the mouth and awkwardly consumed forkfuls of food.
Piers said: "I'm sorry, this is the creepiest thing I've ever seen. I can't...
"It's ridiculous."
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Susanna continued: "You do look a bit like, what's the character from Rainbow, Zippy."
Piers joked: "All we need is Bungle to join in and we're there."
The mask is set to sell for between $0.85 and $2.85 when it goes on sale in Israel.
Asaf Gitelis, vice president of Avtipus Patents and Inventions, told : "The mask will be opened mechanically by hand remote or automatically when the fork is coming to the mask.
“Then you can eat, enjoy, drink and you take out the fork and it will be closed, and you’re protected against the virus and other people sitting with you.”
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