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swine flu #2

Heard on the radio this week that the masks worn by Mexican citizens in all those photos offer no protection against airborne viruses. I had assumed that they were officially-distributed sanitary masks with proper filters in them, but apparently they are just bits of porous material. It seems the manufacturers of useless sanitary masks are [...]

Swine Flu

Sarah, from Coventry, asks on the BBC swine flu Q&A: “Is there a risk that if the emerging swine flu H1N1 virus comes into contact with the established bird flu H5N1 virus that the two could mix and cause an even bigger pandemic risk?”
It’s like superflu fan-fiction.