[Kartographer]

Per a number of request for information.

[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!!

[ronnyquest]

There is speculation among many that the Ebola strain has already left Africa. I laugh out loud every time someone says this conspiratorially and ask if they have considered the probability that west Africans, probably infected, had attended the recent World Cup event in Brazil and that they would not have shown any signs of being sick during the 21 day incubation period. I remind these same people that this strain of Ebola is contagious during that incubation period, just the same. I usually receive horrified stares as a reward. Has it left Africa, you think?!

[InsidiousMongo]

I have some surplus NBC gear I obtained from a swap meet a while back that includes a set of M17 gas masks with new filters. I’m hoping I don’t have to break out any of that stuff... not ever.

[Pollster1]

N95 masks are roughly $1 each in the 20 pack at the local hardware store. I wouldn’t throw them away though, not in a SHTF situation in which no more can be obtained. I’d expose then to sunlight for several hours on each side, set aside used ones for a month or more in a dry location, and then use them again once I ran out of new ones. New is far better than used, but used is far better than none.

[PA Engineer]

Here are a few other protective items.

Scroll down the page and you will find 3 different NBC suits.

Personal Defense

For decontamination you need concentrated bleach of 10% sodium hypochlorite. Bleach sprayers can be found at Walmart

Eye protection is also important. This can be done with an NBC Mask or Fluid Protection Surgical Face Masks.

Just a few suggestions.

[Vendome]

I have boxes of n95’s....

In my car, briefcase, backpack, storage and of course at home....

[mountainbunny]

The only problem with masks, and it really isn’t specifically a mask issue, is that the wearer needs to have an incredibly clear understanding of safe technique.

How to safely remove a contaminated mask and contaminated clothing are as important as wearing everything in the first place. You have to be scrupulous in following safety recommendations in this regard.

If you don’t know what you are doing when you remove your gear, you can easily contaminate yourself and others.

[CodeToad]

I buy from Fist Aid Products

[blam]

I still have my N90 & N95 masks and materials to make an isolation room from the 2006 H5N1 pandemic.

[blam]

Congressional Report: Ebola Bio Kits Deployed to National Guard Units In All 50 States

[freds6girlies]

bookmark

[vetvetdoug]

Using normal aseptic techniques for all other viruses, fungi, and bacteria is not enough for the prevention of Ebola. Being safe against Ebola is much like abstinence is for prevention of pregnancy, the only way to keep from being affected is to avoid populations for a quarantine period of a month. Its going to take out a great many folks and animals and because of the publicizing of this outbreak it is just a matter of time before the Mohamed followers use it as a weapon...remember it was probably them that used anthrax.

[Shadowstrike]

what can you do about people who have a small face?

My Dad has a real narrow face, and these masks have big gaps at the side...

Suggestions?

[roses of sharon]

Bookmark!

[rw4site]

The article linked below makes sense to me. The mask might be of use to control pollen intake, but stopping germs, I don’t think so.

http://www.naturalnews.com/026160_preparedness_flu_swine.html

N95 Masks Are Useless at Protecting Wearers from Swine Flu