Where can i get a face mask?

[Anonymous]

Does CVS or Rite Aid carry them? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Any pharmacy should carry them.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the laugh today!

[Anonymous]

I wore them last year to deal woth the pollen. I can't bring myself to put one on this year.

[Anonymous]

I was in a CVS yesterday. Two cashiers were discussing how to direct customers asking for face masks. Then one finally realized what the customers had been asking... she had been directing them to smear-on beauty masks!

[Anonymous]

In the newspaper today regarding masks:

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there is not a lot of evidence that masks do much good, and have pointedly not recommended their use by the general public. Swine flu is thought to be transmitted in much the same way as seasonal flu, by touching something with the virus and then passing it to the nose or mouth or through coughing or sneezing."

[Anonymous]

FYI the CDC also says this in their guide to Home Care for a Swine Flu patient:

http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/guidance_homecare.htm

If you are the caregiver

•Avoid being face-to-face with the sick person.
•When holding small children who are sick, place their chin on your shoulder so that they will not cough in your face.
•Clean your hands with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand rub after you touch the sick person or handle used tissues, or laundry.
•Caregivers might catch flu from the person they are caring for and then the caregiver might be able to spread the flu to others before the caregiver shows symptoms. Therefore, the caregiver should wear a mask when they leave their home to keep from spreading flu to others in case they are in the early stages of infection.
•Talk to your health care provider about taking antiviral medication to prevent the caregiver from getting the flu.
•Monitor yourself and household members for flu symptoms and contact a telephone hotline or health care provider if symptoms occur.
Using Facemasks or Respirators

•Avoid close contact (less than about 6 feet away) with the sick person as much as possible.
•If you must have close contact with the sick person (for example, hold a sick infant), spend the least amount of time possible in close contact and try to wear a facemask (for example, surgical mask) or N95 disposable respirator.
•An N95 respirator that fits snugly on your face can filter out small particles that can be inhaled around the edges of a facemask, but compared with a facemask it is harder to breathe through an N95 mask for long periods of time. More information on facemasks and respirators can be found at www.cdc.gov/swineflu
•Facemasks and respirators may be purchased at a pharmacy, building supply or hardware store.
•Wear an N95 respirator if you help a sick person with respiratory treatments using a nebulizer or inhaler, as directed by their doctor. Respiratory treatments should be performed in a separate room away from common areas of the house when at all possible.
•Used facemasks and N95 respirators should be taken off and placed immediately in the regular trash so they don’t touch anything else.
•Avoid re-using disposable facemasks and N95 respirators if possible. If a reusable fabric facemask is used, it should be laundered with normal laundry detergent and tumble-dried in a hot dryer.
•After you take off a facemask or N95 respirator, clean your hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

Comment: if you expect you might want to use a facemask or respirator, you should get it before someone in your family gets sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the newspaper today regarding masks:

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there is not a lot of evidence that masks do much good, and have pointedly not recommended their use by the general public. Swine flu is thought to be transmitted in much the same way as seasonal flu, by touching something with the virus and then passing it to the nose or mouth or through coughing or sneezing."

Facemasks (surgical masks) do very little to protect the wearer from inhaling influenza virus. The do protect other people from YOU.

N95 or N99 respirators fit better on the face and actually will protect the wearer -- these are what health care workers should use to protect themselves, if needed. The most comfortable ones have vents so they fit better. For these repirators, fit is super important. You can buy them at a hardware store or drugstore.

[Anonymous]

Do facemasks really help with pollen? It seems especially bad this year.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know where I can buy this, it will be good for the metro:

http://www.mppbiodesigns.com/men%20in%20biohazard%20suits.jpg

I think it will be much more effective.

[Anonymous]

Lowes and Home Depot have them. We used them during a renovation (asbestos, lead paint, dust, etc).

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks very much!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know where I can buy this, it will be good for the metro:

http://www.mppbiodesigns.com/men%20in%20biohazard%20suits.jpg

I think it will be much more effective.

This request has got to be a joke!
LOL!

[Anonymous]

Next to the tinfoil hat section.

[Anonymous]

I'd like to find a body condom. Or perhaps a full-body mask? Any ideas? TIA, ladies!