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Americans told to wear masks as swine flu spreads round globe
TimesOnline.CO.UK ^ | 4/26/09

Posted on 04/26/2009 12:42:27 PM PDT by Crazieman

Doctors in America are advising worried patients to buy painters’ masks as a precaution against the global outbreak of swine flu that appears to have spread from Mexico to the United States, New Zealand and possibly Europe.

With the worldwide death toll standing at about 81 and with about 1,300 people infected, authorities across the globe are torn between the desire to slow down a potential flu pandemic and the need to avoid bringing major cities on every continent to an economic standstill.

As of today, the US was still allowing people to cross the border from Mexico – where it is thought the swine flu emerged last week – although customs officials at the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa border crossings were given protective masks. It is thought that eight people in US border towns have gone down with swine flu, and tonight Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that a further eight cases have been confirmed among students in New York.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhocdc; cdc; epidemic; flu; influenza; mexicanflu; mexicanswineflu; mexico; mexiflu; obama; outbreak; pandemic; swine; swineflu
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41 posted on 04/26/2009 2:10:28 PM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Crazieman

who told anybody to wear mask?
Was Janet Manpolitano’s briefing today?


42 posted on 04/26/2009 2:23:43 PM PDT by silverleaf (We live in interesting times: now the entire IRS works for a tax evader)
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To: diverteach

You and I caught that thing about the same time.

Couldn`t even hardly walk to the bathroom,today`s
the first day I`ve spent up and eating solid food

Horrible experience,wasn`t even aware of the swine
outbreak till yesterday not listening to news

Would have freaked thinking it was SF I had


43 posted on 04/26/2009 2:25:08 PM PDT by Harold Shea (RVN `70 - `71)
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To: mysterio

Right - so when someone breathes that virus whether or not they’re wearing a mask they’ll get it ...


44 posted on 04/26/2009 2:29:06 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: balch3

Well that is true ... I always carry a small bottle of sanitizer with me ...


45 posted on 04/26/2009 2:29:38 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Crazieman

I’ll do it when they make one that has a hole in it to let me smoke.

~/<;o)


46 posted on 04/26/2009 2:31:03 PM PDT by EggsAckley ("There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply." W.C Fields)
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To: SkyDancer

No, the mask will catch the aerosolized droplet, offering some measure of protection. So those walking around with masks on actually do decrease their risk of infection somewhat.


47 posted on 04/26/2009 2:32:40 PM PDT by mysterio
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To: Crazieman
Almost a year ago this 30 second commercial started playing around Ohio. Very mysterious - almost as if it was setting us up. I'm not paranoid, but in light of the recent happenings, this is all the more mysterious. One of the phrases - "It will happen again!". OhioPandemicFlu.Gov. I really encourage you to take 30 seconds to watch this.
48 posted on 04/26/2009 2:44:10 PM PDT by tang-soo (Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks - Read Daniel Chapter 9)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Does the Prez really thnk a thin paper or cloth mask will stop a VIRUS?

Does the virus get spread as an isolated organism, or is it carried by water droplets (such as from a sneeze)?

49 posted on 04/26/2009 3:15:02 PM PDT by sionnsar ((Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Also sprach Telethustra" - NonValueAdded)
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To: tang-soo

Almost a year ago this 30 second commercial started playing around Ohio. Very mysterious - almost as if it was setting us up. I’m not paranoid, but in light of the recent happenings, this is all the more mysterious. One of the phrases - “It will happen again!”. OhioPandemicFlu.Gov. I really encourage you to take 30 seconds to watch this.

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Thank you for posting this! I referenced it another thread but wouldn’t have known the link and couldn’t remember enough to find it during a search.


50 posted on 04/26/2009 3:28:45 PM PDT by JavaJumpy
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To: cmsgop
This will scare you...

Those first person reports are more telling than any news reports I've seen so far. There appear to be a LOT more fatalities from this virus than the Mexican government is reporting.

It's also beginning to look like the governments of both Mexico and the US are attempting to play this down, when in fact, it's out of control and not affected by any medications.

51 posted on 04/26/2009 3:30:05 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: diverteach

I just went to several drug stores to get masks. Two stores were already sold out, so I’m glad I found the ones I did.

Only one pair is rated for virus protection, the others are surgical masks and masks effective against bacteria.

The point about the mask for me is that it stops you from absent-mindedly touching your nose and mouth with you hands, which I believe is the chief way that colds and influenza are spread, not by simply inhaling the germs, although that’s certainly possible, too.

I’ve never worn a mask before, so this is an extraordinary step for me. But I have a wife now, and I want to take steps to protect her, more than I ever thought about protecting myself.

If nothing comes of this, and right now I don’t know that it will, I’m out 20 bucks. So what? I can handle 20 bucks. If the bug turns out to be serious, I’ve got something which may help to protect us. Either way, I’m fine with it.


52 posted on 04/26/2009 3:35:35 PM PDT by Harpo Speaks (Honk! Honk! Honk! Either it's foggy out, or make that a dozen hard boiled eggs.)
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To: BuffaloJack
In other words, this is hysteria over absolutely nothing...
53 posted on 04/26/2009 3:40:52 PM PDT by JasonC
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To: Windflier
Actually, it is transparently a media generated crapstorm about nothing. No one in the US of the handful who've gotten sick has had anything but a mild bug for a couple of days.

Why are some people dying in Mexico, instead? Simple, they are drinking Mexican water. And dying of dysentry as usual.

54 posted on 04/26/2009 3:42:50 PM PDT by JasonC
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To: mysterio

My understanding is that those droplets contain millions of virus’ and those individual virus’ can go through the filter. So if they’re laying on the mask and the droplets dry those virus’ can get through ...


55 posted on 04/26/2009 3:49:36 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: penelopesire
Officials’ knew about this virus ‘before last week-end’!

That's guaranteed.

56 posted on 04/26/2009 3:49:45 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: JasonC
In other words, this is hysteria over absolutely nothing...

So was the election of Barack Obama, but it still happened. People are like cattle--they tend to stampede when panicked.

57 posted on 04/26/2009 3:58:13 PM PDT by giotto
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BTTT


58 posted on 04/26/2009 3:58:31 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: Crazieman

Remember this from 4 years ago?

The World Health Organization said 2 shipments of “killer influenza virus “ went missing in Mexico and Lebanon.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7515802/


59 posted on 04/26/2009 4:16:50 PM PDT by flaming sword
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To: Crazieman

"There's absolutely no reason to panic."

60 posted on 04/26/2009 4:48:26 PM PDT by paulycy (BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex)
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