what respirator would help against ebola?

you can make them out of cheese cloth carefully smeared with prepared chinchilla feces

I know it sounds weird but this recipe has been confirmed

you see their digestive track generates this special enzyme which kills the virus virtually on contact

apparently carrying smelly herbs in your pockets is the traditional remedy:

"The words to the Ring around the rosy children's ring game have their origin in English history. The historical period dates back to the Great Plague of London in 1665 (bubonic plague) or even before when the first outbreak of the Plague hit England in the 1300's.

The symptoms of the plague included a rosy red rash in the shape of a ring on the skin (Ring around the rosy). Pockets and pouches were filled with sweet smelling herbs (or posies) which were carried due to the belief that the disease was transmitted by bad smells. "

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Activated charcoal canister mask. You could probably find them at home depot. Buy lots of replacement filters. Generally when you're using them for vapors you change them when you start to smell the chemical. Maybe 4 hours use, since you can't smell Ebola.

really?

I bought 3M respirators from Home Depot..but make sure you get the P100 OV/AG (organic vapour/acid gas) cartridges.

They say they are rated to deal with mold, anthrax and avian flu, so they're rated for bacterium, spore and viral.

Cartridges are the ones with the half pink, half yellow stripe on the package.


Last Edited by Dace on 10/14/2014 02:29 AM

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Looks something like that. I used to wear one pesticide spraying lawns.

thanks bro, easy enough, didn't know they sold stuff like this.

They have shitty ones in the paint dept...have to get the ones from the hardware dept...our store stocked them by the gloves and hardhats.

Respirator there was 29.95.
39.95 for one that comes with the correct cartridges.
Extra cartridge sets were around 18 bucks a pair.

not toooo expensive , thanks (:

Yes, this is what I purchased online. There was info about this in a couple of threads, so I checked it out and it was legit.

Here it the one that comes with the correct cartridges:
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I bought the last 4 at the Sherman, TX store...they were supposed to have 22 in stock but people had stolen the others..lol.

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It has to be p100 preferably full face. Do not use n95 paint mask or surgical looking. The cdc is recommending n95 but many healthcare workers have gotten sick anyway. N95 will not protect against airborne like p100 will. P100 offers way better protection.

Also don't use the ones that look like p100 but are made for specific chemicals. The mask can usually be used interchangeably with the filters but you MUST use the p100 filters which are always or almost always purplish in color.

but that doesnt cover skin or eyes.
supposedly the skin has receptors for ebola.
certain folks say open wound but lets be real,do you just want a layer of dead skin cells between you and a badass virus.
i say 100% body coverage with 100% filtered air.

as flyash /carbon particles are even smaller than viruses.i would go with flyash cartridges.since they are not for organic vapors,they may be cheaper and last longer.

You don't need the OV/AG versions of the filters. In the context of Ebola, OV would be useful to block out the smell if you were going to be working with dead bodies. Go with the straight P100 filters and use the money saved to buy more of them.

Hardware stores also charge way too much. Check them out on Ebay or Zoro.com. 3M 7500 series with 2291 or 2297 filters are about the best you can get before stepping up to full-face respirators.

straight p-100 are only rated to filter out 99.75 % of dust and mold..I read all the inserts...the black labeled one moved up to anthrax level....but the only one that mentioned viruses were the ov/ag.

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From 3M:

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Particulate Filters:
Filters only aerosols (e.g., dust, mists,
fumes, smoke, mold, bacteria, etc).

Combination Cartridge/Filters:
Filters particles, gases and vapors.
^^plus, the paperwork that comes with the ov/ag lists avian flu...so it can handle viruses...the other ones aren't rated for it.

I was planning on getting some kind of hazmat suit too.

Any recommendations for a cheap yet effective suit?

P-100 means that the mask will filter out over 99% of the particles (That the cartridge is RATED for)

So there are different 'levels' of P-100 cartridges/filters.

A P-100 basic 'particulate' filter will filter out over 99% of dust, mold, & bacteria.

A P-100 with black label will do the same, but is also rated for Anthrax and TB.

The P-100 OV/AG are the only ones that are viral rated.

Looks like panic setting in on lots of threads.

I suggest putting it all in perspective first.
Question - Are you working or like ly to work with an ebola patient

If yes then full hazmat etc etc.

If no then basic precautions will do. Buy cheap masks, say the type that has elastic to go round your ears and made out of a sort of fine cloth/paper. Will stop you inhaling sneezes etc.. You would use this in the worst case scenario when forced to go to the shop (if anything is left) or answer the door etc.

By far the best thing is to avoid contact with the outside world if/when this really takes off.


So say you go full hazmat for a trip to the shops. Firstly i reckon someone (police maybe) may shoot you as an hazard. Further, you are far more likely to bring home the contamination on the suit than breathing it in unless you are working closely to an infected, bleeding, shitting, coughing patient. You would need full decontamination systems as well.

Family member gets ebola? Well i not a Christian but pray and help them. Full hazmat- not a chance.

remember even in Africa its not a 100% kill rate and i am willing to bet many of us are immune or unlikely to get it even if we licked an infected person. As for numbers, anyone's guess.

So my answer is get medical gloves and basic masks.
AND if you can buy it, a BIG dose of luck.

Ps. just bought 100 of each to top up stocks on ebay for £5.89 (About 4 dollars)

Wishing you well and good luck

This.

And keep your spirit up. Any of us may be dead tomorrow, all of us will be dead in the universe's blink of an eye, but we're alive today. Don't forget that. Don't waste life waiting for and fearing death. Do what you can to reasonably protect yourself from harm, and then LIVE the life you're protecting!

stopping an aerosolized (sneezed) droplet is not the same as filtering out a virus...(they're the little buggers you can't see and the weave on a basic mask to a virus is like a BB shot through a hula-hoop)

agreed

Totally correct. However a controlled response (individual thinking allowed) is better than full on panic and over reaction. I am not willing to live in hazmat suiit for the next 2 years or more. Remember, try to survive but do not forget to live. Death comes sooner or later (later is better) but life only comes once (i think)