Firstly, only surgical masks--not the regular kind

Firstly, only surgical masks--not the regular kind (filtering nothing but dust) for household use--work (filtering about 85% of virus), and of course N95 is better (95% approx.);
Secondly, keeping a surgical mask clean is very important--do NOT touch it with your dirty fingers!

Please check it out in detail--again, from HK:
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/sars/mask.htm
Posted by Mainlander at 2003-04-04 21:59:56
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SARS Outbreak - How Bad Is It?