[Merdoug]

A question for the experts out there: can a gas mask stop a virus? (Yes; I am panicking. Don't mind the tin-foil hat).

[white_wolf]

North Korea is next door to China. Haven't they threatened something about unleashing a "fire that consumes the earth?" Maybe they have a vaccine...

Hope the health authorities get this under control quick. If they don't, this story displaces Iraq by next weekend.

[cake_crumb]

"A question for the experts out there: can a gas mask stop a virus?"

Not with any certainty. Depends on the filters used.

That said, why panic? It's a darned Asiatic flu which originated in Asia, of course. There isn't a whole heckuvalot anyone can do to prevent it but take care of themselves and try to remain as calm as possible.

As for the reason there's little info on the CDC...the hype is kinda sudden, no one knows what they're dealing with and that should be our first clue that a mountain is being built just as the molehill was discovered.

It's happened before: ebola in Canada and the US three years ago, and West Nile two years ago...BOTH were sold as THE plague that was going to decimate the human race (again)

[realpatriot71]

A question for the experts out there: can a gas mask stop a virus?

If a mask can stop a gas, which is a smaller than a virus, then yes, your mask will stop the virus.