Tourists, cabbies to get free masks
By: BangkokPost.com
Published: 30/04/2009 at 01:42 PM
Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra will on Friday hand out 100,000 free face masks to taxi drivers and tourists in Bangkok in an effort to prevent swine flu from spreading to the Thai population, deputy governor Malinee Sukavejworakit said Thursday.
The gauze masks would be handed out to foreigners staying at guesthouses, she said.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) ws also encouraging ttaxi drivers to wear face masks while driving passengers.
General public could go and get free masks at the BMA on Friday.
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100,000 free face masks plan
Author: izzix » May 1, 2009, 12:19 am
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Re: 100,000 free face masks plan
Author: fatbas***d » May 1, 2009, 6:33 am
This place gets sillier by the day, sounds like a plan concocted my someone who has watched too much Monty Python.
Do they even know how small virus microbes are? and what size of filter is required for protection. Or maybe they are just meant to filter the lumps out of Bangkok's filthy air.
Do they even know how small virus microbes are? and what size of filter is required for protection. Or maybe they are just meant to filter the lumps out of Bangkok's filthy air.
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Re: 100,000 free face masks plan
Author: westerby » May 2, 2009, 1:38 am
Back in Blighty, BBC pundits are saying that face masks have a limited effect as their resistance to germs decrease when they get wet.
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