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Facemasks Could Make Swine Flu Pandemic WORSE
Daily Mail
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Thousands of worried people are rushing out to buy facemasks to protect themselves from swine flu as fears of a pandemic swept across the UK today.
But experts have warned that face masks could prove useless in combating the killer swine flu virus.
Scientists have warned that masks would need to be changed at least twice a day to make them in any way effective – meaning millions would be needed.
And they could cause a public health hazard in themselves if they are not disposed of properly, by actually helping the flu spread.
British passengers have been arriving back from Mexico wearing masks they were given while in the country, and thousands more are due to arrive in the coming days.
And France has ordered stockpiles of the mask for the whole population.
But Dr Rosemary Leonard, a GP who sits on the board of the Health Protection Agency, said there were no plans here to hand out flu masks in the end of a pandemic.
She said it would provide false reassurance and could even be dangerous.
‘Once they are wet, they don’t work and because of respiration they become damp fairly quickly,’ she said.
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April 28th, 2009 at 10:25 am
perfect…
April 28th, 2009 at 10:26 am
“We are not going to try to confine the outbreak and, oh, yeh, masks wont help.”
If you believe this garbage your deserve to get the flu.
They wont try to isolate the infected and dont want you to wear masks so you get the virus.
If this logic is right, surgeons dont need to wear masks during surgery either, they will “only make things worse”.
What a bunch of dummies!
Captain Picard Reply:
April 28th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Ditto! This is all a bunch of BS. Also, If the government wanted to use swine flu as the biological weapon on us then they are really Fing stupid because it’s not as effective as the other crap they have such as…IDK small pox?
Doug Reply:
April 28th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Smallpox is already too much associated with labs and weapons and the military. A mass release of smallpox would plant too many seeds of suspicion among the survivors. This flu could just be part of a larger outbreak (check out flu mutagenic rates) and much more difficult to prove was done on purpose…after all, flu hits everywhere on the world every year.
general Reply:
April 28th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
why would the government care about suspicion if you think they want to exterminate us. This site is just a bunch of scared 10 year old girls.
Karmakaze Reply:
April 28th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
@general..
Not just scared 10 year old girls, but scared RETARDED 10 year old girls.
George Reply:
April 28th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Actually they seem to be forcefully quaratining people in North Carolina, and it is true that disposable masks wear out quickly, depending on how much you use them. The ones you see people using in Mexico are virtually useless.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:16 am
This is not all BS…surgeons and doctors generally wear what is called a “splatter” mask during operations, virtually identical to the type of mask worn by carpenters and painters. It has a weave tight enough to prevent splatter (hence the name) reaching your nose or mouth, just as you wouldn’t want paint mist or wood dust getting into your lungs. But viruses are MUCH smaller than any of those, hence able to pass through the normal mask’s weave. Anyone risking exposure to viral or air-borne bacterial infections (assuming they have half a brain) wears what is called a “nano” mask, which has proven over 80% effective against really really tiny things.
Good luck finding one, though.
George Reply:
April 28th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
99% effective at 0.027 microns actually. Influenza A is 0.08 microns. I just ordered two, with extra filters, from the UK. The only shop that hadn’t run out of them.
Karmakaze Reply:
April 28th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Of course most flu infections come from touching, notably the eyes, with hands contaminated with the virus. So your mask is not likely going to help much.
I bet it cost a fortune… which is what these pandemic scares are REALLY about – sales of “preparedness” vaccines and equipment.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:18 am
By the way, the US Gov has a pandemic flu website (really). Have no idea when they set this beast up, but you should keep an eye on it in the coming weeks (plus the CDC website).
pandemicflu.cov
cdc.gov
April 28th, 2009 at 11:50 am
now you and your family can pretend to be ninjas by wearing your own facemask.
They were a hit in the 80s, especially with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles now ninjas return
get your ninja facemask, and we will ship you a free Ninja-to
It slices, it dices, itll even julienne fries after cutting this tin can
but wait thats not all
act now and recieve 10 thats TEN free Ninja Throwing Stars.
Fashioned from space age polymers these shuriken never dull.
Now you too can be a ninja
Doug Reply:
April 28th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
cool
always had a fondness for Lil’ Nip
April 28th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
CAN’T FIND A NANO MASK ANYWHERE FORSALE ONLINE.. CAN ANYBODY FIND A SITE??
George Reply:
April 28th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
I ordered some a few days ago from Nanomask.co.uk with extra filters. But now it seems they are sold out.
April 28th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
God damn sheeple and their masks..
April 28th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Quote from CDC official Mitchell Downing
“The citizens of this country will be protected. They can rest assured that their Government is doing everything they can to insure that that all people will recieve vaccination. It is our sworn duty to protect the people of the United States from any threat, foreign or domestic. The FDA has today approved the use of mass population dosing through various methods. We will begin deploying these doses in and over areas we believe run a high risk of being infected by this epidemic and destructive virus.”
Does this sound a little scary to any of you?
ZackG Reply:
April 28th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
rather pisses me off than scare
Karmakaze Reply:
April 28th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Actually, it should be amusing, because it is a total lie. I know I am laughing at him AND you!
April 28th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
we need to start killing those who are killing us
April 28th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
With the media hype they just wanna cause panic and justify mandatory immunisation and with that immunisation they wil achieve the real high kill rate with it containing the actual effective pathogencs which Baxter is an Expert at.
When they go around in trucks collecting each and every citizen for vaccination then they will reach a much higher kill rate than the virus naturallly could cause, because people know how to protect themselves by avoiding public contact or eating healthy.
Hide yourselves from the immunisation! It is a big joke, ineffectie and dangerous !!!
Karmakaze Reply:
April 28th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Utter bullshit.
People know how to protect themselves? Then why do a quarter million people die every year from normal old human flu? THAT is the guaranteed next pandemic, because we have a flu pandemic EVERY year – of course we’re all used to the annual flu, and thus don;t even notice it, so it can’t be used to scare us into buying more shit we don’t need.
P. T. Barnum said that there was a sucker born every minute, and it appears most of them end up here.
April 28th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Mike, I had some trouble finding nano masks online as well, but I did come across this site-
http://www.first-aid-cpr.com/I.....-mask.html
You can even buy in bulk, and they are the cheapest I have found thus far.
They also carry biodegradable haz mat bags that would be good for the used filters.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
I just got in about 20 minutes ago, 21h00 Montreal, Canada time, and would like to let you know that there was a diminutive, peasant-like Mexican man on the bus wearing a gauze mask on his way to the computer repair shop with his hard drive.
I then went online, typed in “swine flu,” and found this insane story about Ontario farmers:
http://www.canadaeast.com/news/article/650418
“Ont. farmers confident Mexican workers don’t pose threat of spreading swine flu
Published Tuesday April 28th, 2009″:
EXCERPT:
“Canadian farmers who employ Mexican migrant workers said Tuesday that they aren’t stocking up on protective face masks and few harbour fears that swine flu will be imported by farm hands into their rural communities.
Instead, they’re far more concerned about labour shortages and the emotional strain on their seasonal employees – who are often treated like extended family – rather than a fear of becoming infected with the virus that’s working it’s way around the world.”
Perhaps Ontario farmers don’t know that their “confidence” Mexicans won’t transmit the virus won’t prevent them from transmitting it.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
They said the same thing about 9/11…what a bunch of crock!!