usability of the swine flu mask...and related stuff

Its panic time in sleepy ole Pune what with the swine making its scary mark on the city. I am surrounded by people wearking masks - cloth ones, n95s, n94s, 3M....etc etc. It is a freaky feeling which reminds of one of the 'The day after tomorrow' movies...you the know the kind.

Finally, i gave in to the panic myself and got my son a mask....he wore it poor soul for about 5 mins! i scared him them with enough stories of the swine and its might and he promised to keep it on for as long as he could. As i watched all the kids with masks playing together - the Swine Flu game.....which essentially was one big kid chasing all the others pretending to be the swine himself....i wonder where this is going. These innocent souls who know not the gravity of the situation....God save them from this terror that is the swine....i pray for safer times in this city i love so much.