Swine flu: Behind the Mask
Pandemic Influenza H1N1 2009 has now spread across India. People everywhere are wearing masks. I doubt how many of them wearing the right one. The notion that wearing mask is only solution for swine flu prevention is a myth. It is a debatable issue and I am not going to write anything on it. This post is absolutely about the ‘Swine flu mask’ and I am going to highlight some facts about it. Now I put my time in talking with doctors and browsing through internet to get close to the actual stuff. WHO (world health organization) certified N95 masks which is made in China. It doesn’t have any maximum retail price and people are cashing on the swine flu scare. Quite a few manufacturing companies increased it production while importing N95 face mask have also gone up. Now, there are three type of masks are available in the market. • single-layered (surgical mask), • three-layered and the • N95 Respirators. Surgical mask (the green coloured mask) does not guarantee protection. As pe...