The Governor of Maine has ordered restaurant staff to wear anti-COVID visors upside down so they resemble dog cones in order to direct breath upwards.

Yes, really.

Governor Janet Mills' decree states that "front-of-house staff in restaurants who choose to wear face shields must now wear them upside down so that they are attached at the collar instead of the forehead, so that their breath is directed up, not down," reports Maine Public Radio.

Given that air conditioning units can facilitate the spread of coronavirus, Mills' order looks like another ridiculous and pointless measure.

"As a symbol of submission, forcing us to obliterate our individuality by wearing masks was not explicit enough," writes Dave Blount. "So they pushed the envelope even further. No one can miss the significance of making people wear dog cones."

Last week, the CDC announced that masks with valves, which millions of people around the world have been wearing for months, do "not prevent the person wearing the mask from transmitting COVID-19 to others."