A group of concerned parents in Gainesville, FL sent their kids' face masks to a lab and they discovered that they are in fact disgusting.

Six used-masks were sent to a lab at the University of Florida for analysis, checking for cooties.

I mean, what could be gross about a rag over your mouth for several hours?

Turns out a lot… a lot of grossness.

The lab detected the following 11 "dangerous pathogens" on the masks:

• Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumonia)

• Mycobacterium tuberculosis (tuberculosis)

• Neisseria meningitidis (meningitis, sepsis)

• Acanthamoeba polyphaga (keratitis and granulomatous amebic encephalitis)

• Acinetobacter baumanni (pneumonia, blood stream infections, meningitis, UTIs— resistant to antibiotics)

• Escherichia coli (food poisoning)

• Borrelia burgdorferi (causes Lyme disease)

• Corynebacterium diphtheriae (diphtheria)

• Legionella pneumophila (Legionnaires' disease)

• Staphylococcus pyogenes serotype M3 (severe infections—high morbidity rates)

• Staphylococcus aureus (meningitis, sepsis)

Can I pronounce most of those? No... But that's how you know they're serious.

The report found that five masks were contaminated with bacteria, parasites and fungi, including three with dangerous pathogenic and pneumonia-causing bacteria.

One mask did have a virus called alcelaphine herpesvirus 1. But at least no Covid was found… right?

Yes, masks are gross. And yes, there is something very Orwellian about seeing young children with face coverings.

But before you decide that the next generation is doomed please enjoy this video of kids in Israel celebrating finally being able to take off that filthy cloth...