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6Jun/0924

How effective is a surgical mask at protecting the wearer against the swine flu?

water_skipper asked:


How effective is a surgical mask at protecting the wearer against the swine flu? Let's say for some reason I don't want to get the swine flu (duh), would wearing a surgical mask in public protect me 100% or not?

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