PROTECTION AGAINST RESPIRATORY VIRUSES; N 100 VS N95

\N= NIOSH = NATIONAL INSTITUTE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

DURING 2003 SARS EPIDEMIC N96 DUCKBILL MASKS WERE DISTRIBUTED FREE TO TORONTO DOCTORS BY TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTED BY LATE DR SHEELA BASRUR O.ONT MD MPH FRCPC. ACCORDING TO SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS TO CMAJ BY JOHN H, LANGE OF PITTSBURGH,PA ENVIROSAFE TRAINING AND CONSULTING INC N 95 MASK IS NOT SUITABLE TO PROTECT AGAINST VIRUSES, ONLY LARGER BACTERIA. ALSO RESPIRATORS  HAVE TO BE FITTED. BEARD STUBBLE BREAKS THE SEAL.

DOCTORS WERE NOT INFORMED ABOUT $12 N100 (WITH VALVE) ; N95 COSTS $1-2. DR NESTOR YANGA AND TWO NURSES DIED FROM SARS.

ESTATE OF GP DR YANGA RECEIVED NO GOVERNMENT COMPENSATION AS HE WAS SELF-EMPLOYED. THE ESTATES OF SARS-KILLED HOSPITAL NURSES RECEIVED HIGH COMPENSATION.

CMAJ 2003 SEPT 16 541-2 JOHN H LANGE

N100 MADE BY 3M  ORDER NUMBER 8233 AND OTHER FIRMS..