Word: masking
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Pretty straightforward: there's a surgical mask-clad doctor with an impossibly large syringe spewing some sort of euthanizing liquid that zaps evil looking pigs to death in one shot. They oink, turn from green to pink and croak. It's simple and addictive in the way that all great Internet time sucks can be. Once you perfect the whack-a-mole style distraction, you can link to the game on your blog or to the social network of your choosing. (Read "China and Swine Flu: Are Mexicans Being Singled...
...hard to read Reyna Hernandez's distress behind her blue surgical mask. But you can hear it. "This is a very difficult time especially for our children," the Mexico City housewife says as she waits outside the National Institute for Respiratory Diseases (INER) on the metropolis' south side. Inside the hospital, her 38-year-old husband, a taxi driver and father of their three kids, lies in a bed, unconscious and barely alive, she says, battling what doctors have told Hernandez may well be swine flu - but which was originally misdiagnosed. More than two weeks ago, her husband developed...
...Dickson Bros: Although this hardware store carries some wimpy dust masks, it was lacking on the heavy-duty gas masks. Butthey do carry the "respiratory mask," which may just have...
...Lush: With so many soaps of all scents available, Lush on JFK St would seem like an ideal place for taking the next step in fighting swine flu and selling the highly marketable gas mask. But upon inquiry, FlyBy was told that Lush indeed did not sell gas masks but did “have a wide selection of facemasks.” How delusional, as if an apricot exfoliating face mask would really help...
Conclusion: The dearth of the gas mask industry in the Square is not only surprising, but also just wrong. Without this useful--not to mention fashionable--piece of safety equipment, Harvardians are continually exposed to a myriad of deadly diseases. And yet, when asked if he would wear a gas mask to avoid swine flu, one freshman said, “I’ll take my chances.” The ignorance towards gas masks will have consquences. Don’t come crying to FlyBy when you get that cough, we will be safe and sound behind...