From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Sat Mar 29 2003 - 13:58:59 MST
Robert J. Bradbury wrote,
> I don't know if drug stores sell surgical masks (does anyone know?)
> but I'd strongly urge Extropes to pin down a source for these before
> things become much worse.
Surgical masks don't work for this purpose. They were designed to keep
surgeons from breathing directly onto their patients during an operation.
They do not filter viruses out of the air being breathed in. The sides of
the masks are open and let unfiltered air in.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC <www.HarveyNewstrom.com>
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