I logged onto my Amazon account yesterday and was delighted to see sales, but then saddened when I realized what people were buying in droves: surgical face masks and medical masks, in hopes of preventing swine flu. This Cardinal N95 Particulate Respirators Surgical, Dust & Avian & Swine Flu Mask, 20 Box says it's for the swine flu: Medical Masks Can Only Prevent Swine Flu... ...if you're close to a person who has it -- but the swine flu expert on NBC Nightly News last night (or was it Dr. Oz on The View talking about the medical masks?) said that the medical masks won't really help prevent the spread of swine flu in general. So I don't know if people buying all these medical masks to try and prevent swine flu will really help or not. I guess it can't hurt, I'm assuming. Dr. Oz talked about how a sneeze can travel 100 miles per hour -- and that some of the swine flu particles can make it past the mask. And Dr. Oz said people shouldn't rush out and b...
Wheel in the Sky Keeps on Turning...